Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the meantime I have returned the draft Contract approved to the vendor 's solicitors providing for a reduced deposit of £2,600 instead of the full 10% deposit of £5,200 and I enclose one part of the Contract for signature by you both where indicated in pencil .
2 Isabel 's eyes closed for a despairing second .
3 Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) .
4 I picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals hoping for a quiet hour or two by the river while they were manoeuvring .
5 Today , doctors ' leaders call for a full inquiry into the dangers of brain damage in boxers .
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