Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 2 | A CONVICTED killer allowed out for a stroll in the grounds of a mental hospital just kept walking — and was still missing yesterday , 24 hours later . |
| 3 | On the fringe of the political scene , the Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for a coalition under a new leader and various important figures in the City of London let it be known that a Socialist Government would be a financial disaster . |
| 4 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 5 | That summer football waited anxiously for a decision on the future of the League competition . |
| 6 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |
| 7 | And she found her eyes drifting to examine his left hand , noting that as usual he was wearing no rings , hating the way hope stirred foolishly for a moment . |
| 8 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 9 | oh look at the sky it 's grey , the sun came out for a minute , but it 's all grey again , oh , this sides ever so stiff |
| 10 | If a firm was not maximising its future cash flows , and hence its value , an opportunity opened up for a bid . |
| 11 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 12 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 13 | Purple took over for a while , ha . |
| 14 | United keeper Simon Tracey was last night ruled out for a fortnight as understudy Alan Kelly mounted a takeover bid . |
| 15 | LIVERPOOL 'S Michael Thomas was last night ruled out for a month after an Achilles tendon operation . |
| 16 | The goalkeeper was well beaten , but as the ball cannoned over for a goal kick and the chance went . |
| 17 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 18 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 19 | We walked a bit nearer , careful like , and then the mist rolled away for a minute or two and there she was . |
| 20 | The eyes of the round and woeful moon closed sighingly for a moment , and Rosalba took a deep breath , as if setting herself afloat on the night in her white nightdress , irresistibly reminding Caterina again of the great orb sailing in the sky like a big soft round pillow . |
| 21 | Everything cooks very slowly in a slo-cooker because the heating element is extremely gentle and costs no more to use than leaving a light bulb switched on for a day ( a few pence ) . |
| 22 | A 37-HOUR working week agreed yesterday for a group of engineering workers may become a benchmark in the national engineering dispute , now in its second month . |
| 23 | The photograph itself is marred by the double-exposure of a dining-room laid out for a party , subconsciously reminding us to ‘ eat , drink and be merry , for tomorrow we die ’ . |
| 24 | With the sea-routes open again trade picked up for a while . |
| 25 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 26 | I told him it was n't me. ’ — The amateur footballer sent off for a foul by his twin brother . |
| 27 | Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way . |
| 28 | When life sank down for a moment , the range of experience seemed limitless … . |
| 29 | A barking broke out for a bit and then was still . |
| 30 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |