Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all the crew was impressed with the wild beauty however , although Dave Scadding , my number one really fell in love with Scotland , so much so that he applied for a transfer to Kirkwall on our return to Southampton . |
| 2 | Her hair was fair , so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently , Elizabeth Lavenza . |
| 3 | Perhaps if he listened for a bit and then jeered , he would at least be able to jeer from a better-informed position . |
| 4 | It takes as long as it does for a dog to douse a tree trunk . |
| 5 | We were in Hartlepool in the March of 1890 when Mr Frobisher , our then actor-manager , told us all as we assembled for a Monday morning rehearsal that he had secured the services of a great singer . |
| 6 | flesh of her upper arm hung down when she reached for a cigarette , but it scarcely mattered . |
| 7 | Realizing what they represented , he added quickly , ‘ Not that I think for a moment that you … though , of course , ’ he floundered ever deeper , ‘ naturally , a man like , you , presentable and so forth , you probably have several … ’ |
| 8 | Ven made no move to detain her , not that she had for a second considered that he might . |
| 9 | ABOVE If you stop for a while , by all means allow your dog to join you in the front of the car . |
| 10 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 11 | Tony Dobson put Portsmouth ahead early on and it looked for a long time as though that was going to be the only goal of the game . |
| 12 | I 've got a list of phone numbers , it seems like fifty , of different people who have been invoked — the doctor , the home help , district nurse , chiropodist , social worker , hospital doctor , Age Concern , the Red Cross , the old people 's home where she went for a break and dozens more , I hardly know who they are . |
| 13 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 14 | I gathered up all my courage and went home and we went for a walk and I just told him . |
| 15 | CAMERA-shy ministers avoided photographers yesterday as they gathered for a crucial Cabinet meeting to thrash out the Government 's public spending plans for the coming financial year . |
| 16 | And there was prejudice once when I went for a job . |
| 17 | Panels lit up and he reached for a number of X-ray plates which he attached to the luminescent plastic . |
| 18 | The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial . |
| 19 | I do believe , however , that he proceeded in considerable apprehension in his dealings with the lady ; in fact , that he was plainly frightened of her because of her quick temper and also because he had for a number of reasons formed a most favourable view of her judgement . |
| 20 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 21 | In real terms it can be a large sum to pay ( £700 — £1400 on a £70,000 sale ) so think carefully when you budget for a move . |
| 22 | Better though that he simmered for a while , Carrie thought as she stirred the greens and tested the potatoes with a fork . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 24 | This , the DoI press office ruefully admits , is a better turn out than it normally-gets for a major announcement on government policy by a senior minister . |
| 25 | Alec Stewart ran himself out as he tried for a sharp single to cover and found Atherton unwilling to budge at the non-striker 's end . |
| 26 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 27 | Her heart was thumping so loudly that she wondered for a fleeting second whether Scott could hear it . |
| 28 | But even , you know , e , even if they go for a walk into to Tenby , it 's company ! |
| 29 | After reading a letter about youths and unemployment , the gist of which was their unwillingness to work , I was incensed by the statement , ‘ Even if they applied for a job in the catering industry , it would be something ’ . |
| 30 | Toby was a well-known golf writer , even if he wrote for a newspaper that was rarely , if ever , seen in the boardrooms of Britain . |