Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |
| 2 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 3 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 4 | ‘ When I came back from the war , we still had rationing for a few years . |
| 5 | The sweet trolley arrived , and he was dismayed to see she still had appetite for a generous wedge of Black Forest Gâteau . |
| 6 | Mr Parkinson also announced approval for a new £200m air traffic control centre to be built by the Civil Aviation Authority by the early 1990s . |