Example sentences of "[prep] he [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , opening them again , she resumed her earlier apologetic furtiveness and , like a nocturnal animal twitching before a predator , begged her sister not to laugh , not to make fun of her , not to comment straight away or say she was an idiot or slap her down , but please , please , to let her have her dream about him just for a night . |
| 2 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 3 | She stared at him hopelessly for a fraction of a second and then she looked away as tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not them I 'm — ’ She broke off , stared at him intently for a moment , then said : ‘ What do you know about me , Mr … |
| 5 | Theda continued to look at him uncertainly for a moment . |
| 6 | She looked at him enigmatically for a moment , and then said , ‘ I have kept you from something . |
| 7 | Sylvie looked at him uncomprehendingly for a moment . |
| 8 | Rostov looked at him levelly for a moment , then he turned away . |
| 9 | Whenever Doris was n't looking , Charlie would play peek-a-boo with her and she would stare at him stonily for a minute and then turn her head pointedly away . |
| 10 | I looked at him doubtfully for a moment . |
| 11 | Laura 's mind was in a whirl as she gazed at him silently for a moment . |