Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] for [art] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still do barre exercises for an hour a day , though . ’ |
| 2 | An engagement of sympathy on the side of the character who seems superficially to be the target figure constructs for the reader an unusual angle of vision on the events and characters of this fabliau . |
| 3 | Waves of compassion and outrage fuse with delayed feelings of self-pity for her own plight , and society seems for a moment a huge conspiracy to exploit and oppress young women . |
| 4 | In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state . |
| 5 | Scientists at Reading University have made a plant-stroking machine which brushes polythene strips over test plant leaves for an hour a day . |