Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 2 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 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 | That summer football waited anxiously for a decision on the future of the League competition . |
| 5 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Llewelyn 's blazing smile showed abstractedly for an instant and was gone . |
| 8 | We walked a bit nearer , careful like , and then the mist rolled away for a minute or two and there she was . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The bastard chattered pleasantly for a while before suddenly producing a small viol from a bag hanging on his saddle horn . |
| 12 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 13 | Two thousand people representing 86 teams from all over the world gathered together for a week 's fun , friendship and fraternity . |
| 14 | His cock lay against Richard 's and his hand searched underneath for a hole gently probing . |
| 15 | His other hand groped feverishly for a sword that was n't there … |
| 16 | A group of former Young Farmers who appeared in the film came together for a lunchtime drink to remember the making of the film and to talk over old times . |
| 17 | Miami 's new-born Murk label that has been causing something of a stir on these shores of late , enough at least for Network to wet their oars and row straight for a licensing deal that sees three of the label 's best tracks to date brought together for a sampler EP . |
| 18 | It did n't seem right , yet , looking at his face you 'd , she 'd thought he could have come home , but when you lifted the bloody sheets and then she 'd never seen anything like it , and then on the Monday morning , I stayed with him Sunday night and he were on morphine fusions and then on the Monday morning I woke up and mum had gone , when I looked at dad I thought to myself then I thought oh boy you ai n't gon na go now mum nipped home for a bath they said she could and it 'll be alright and they said |
| 19 | The Prince sat silently for a moment looking at Owen . |
| 20 | On the other side , the track dropped sharply for a quarter of a mile where , to its right , was a dome of sand about 150 yards in diameter . |
| 21 | The queen-dowager hesitated only for a moment . |
| 22 | For the first time in days Hilary felt at peace , the hurt and pain pushed aside for a while . |