Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |
| 2 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 3 | Automatically , his hand went out for a chocolate biscuit . |
| 4 | His cock lay against Richard 's and his hand searched underneath for a hole gently probing . |
| 5 | This time our hero Kevin ( Culkin ) gets on the wrong plane as he and his family set out for a Christmas break in Miami . |