Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question was direct and he blinked for a moment before answering : ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ honestly yes , I will . |
| 2 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ There are so many more cross-border deals today , and if you can speak German or French or Japanese and you go for a job against somebody who is equally qualified but only speaks English , you will get hired . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was unfortunate that he returned for a short time but this was necessary in order for him to complete training prior to deploying on an operational tour . ’ |
| 6 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 7 | It was going fine till I tried for a reduction . |
| 8 | Second , how can we be sure that it provides for an accurate and reliable estimate of that population ? |
| 9 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 10 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He stressed that this would be temporary whilst he looked for a replacement . |
| 13 | Wilkinson will now try to qualify for the British Open as he aims for a European tour card later in the year . |
| 14 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 15 | Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery . |
| 16 | His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years . |