Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] and for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak . |
| 2 | A strong hand stayed her fall and for a brief instant she was flung against Fen 's chest , his heartbeat quite audible as her breathing seemed suspended . |
| 3 | Demonstrations of up to 100,000 people before the elections were accompanied by calls from the Azerbaijani People 's Front for their boycott and for a general strike . |
| 4 | Enclosed in darkness , in her own world of make-believe , she feebly allowed him to nuzzle her ear and then to kiss her thoroughly again , blissfully enjoying his skilled domination until she became nervously aware that he was sliding his hands beneath her coat and for a brief second of lancing flame he had cupped her breasts in his big , infinitely welcome hands . |
| 5 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |
| 6 | Prior 's intellectual energies still left him time for his family and for a wide circle of friends , colleagues , and pupils . |