Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 2 | But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo . |
| 3 | They stayed on the hill and talked for a long time . |
| 4 | But erm , if so , please get in touch before Wednesday as they 've , he rang me up last night and asked for a final figure from us which he must |
| 5 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 6 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 7 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 8 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 9 | I recalled those days at school and looked for a sympathetic response . |
| 10 | Back home safely , I made a cuppa and sat for a good hour revelling in my favourite magazine . |
| 11 | The Assistant Chief Constable had mentally spoken a prayer for self-control and asked for a brief statement . |