Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 2 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 3 | It was going fine till I tried for a reduction . |
| 4 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 5 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 6 | In Lewis the effect of the decline in the inshore fishing industry was all the more dramatic because it looked for a time as if it might be averted . |
| 7 | He stressed that this would be temporary whilst he looked for a replacement . |
| 8 | Wilkinson will now try to qualify for the British Open as he aims for a European tour card later in the year . |
| 9 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 10 | His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years . |