Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 2 | His glance met hers for a brief , breathtaking moment , before he started forward , his stride slow , and rangy . |
| 3 | The light dazzled us for a bare ten years with its brilliance , before it was extinguished . |
| 4 | In 1973 a Mossad hit squad went to Norway and murdered an innocent Moroccan mistaking him for an alleged Arab terrorist . |
| 5 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
| 6 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him . |
| 7 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 8 | If they are purchased through a large department store , the shop will send an expert to fix them for a small extra charge . |
| 9 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 10 | ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term . |
| 11 | All that was left of Bernice 's rational practicality marshalled itself for a final , concerted assault on her bewildered brain . |
| 12 | Or you could ask the author to supply one for a modest £7.50 . |
| 13 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 14 | The reason is to be able with ease to identify the sender of the letter , who typed it , and the file number if the organisation has one for a particular account . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , single mothers will sit and watch the TV and watch the advertisements which all show either happy couples or one single person doing something for an unseen other : ironing his shirts , organising their mortgage , driving his Audi to visit her . |
| 16 | Round , high-cheeked , boyish but with a scholar 's high brow , it was the face of a man of twenty-seven years of age nerving himself for an extreme deed , a supreme effort of will . |
| 17 | He chortled as Herr Nordern shuddered , and laughed again as the waitress , a stout fifty year old , brought the beer and refused his offer to take her for a sensuous holiday in Siberia . |
| 18 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 19 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 20 | I would advise against choosing a hypnotherapist who is anxious from the outset to charge you for a complete course of treatment . |
| 21 | TO our delight Edinburgh 's own novelist Lucilla Andrews accepted and invitation to visit us for a formal presentation of some signed copies of her books . |
| 22 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 23 | Well , I am here , Lizzie , in order to prepare myself for a long day tomorrow , which I think is a wise decision , do n't you ? ’ |
| 24 | As the conservative party prepares itself for a turbulent debate on Europe tomorrow , many of them will be turning to the work of a Cotswold publisher for guidance . |