Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know I lay awake for a little while last night and came to the conclusion that I had no grounds for thinking him old or frumpy ? |
| 2 | Before making more coffee I stand silent for a full minute , to be sure there 's nothing out there I should have heard . |
| 3 | In the motorway restaurant , I chose a bland meal I thought suitable for a little girl , and had a chicken salad myself . |
| 4 | I do this for a long time . |
| 5 | The tabloid press will publish stories of dole scroungers laying in bed all day , living the life of Riley on the dole , blaming the unemployed and making them feel guilty for a desperate plight . |
| 6 | Very often you will be disappointed — ‘ … you want that for a seven year old car . |
| 7 | Firing off a writ or an unfair dismissal application may make you feel better for a little while , but you should think carefully before launching yourself into a full-scale battle . |
| 8 | So now , I want you to use that for a full month , and come back up , and let us know how things are doing . |
| 9 | Could you leave this for a few days until I 'm fresher ? ’ |
| 10 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
| 11 | She lay awake for a long time , looking at a pattern of moonlight on the stone floor of the bedroom and listening to the distant complaints of the chained dog she now knew to belong to Buck Kettering . |
| 12 | That night she lay awake for a long time , thinking first of her father , recalling many happy childhood memories and wishing fervently , as she had so many times before , that he had not left her so soon . |
| 13 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 14 | I think erm casualty was the worst in that you had very very long hours to do erm sometimes you were on call from five o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the following morning , and you did that for a whole week so by the end of the time you really did feel inhuman , you were very very tired . |
| 15 | She stayed awake for a long time wondering uneasily whether cruelty was a natural part of her character , or whether its expression was merely an aspect of growing up . |
| 16 | She stood still for a long moment that seemed to the others to grow into an age . |
| 17 | If such exercises are repeated quickly enough to cause you to become breathless for a prolonged period , you will be building stamina too . |
| 18 | She sat still for a full five minutes , then stood up brusquely . |
| 19 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 20 | We want some for a little jacket mum |
| 21 | We remained numb for a long time . |
| 22 | Spasm of the arteries in one or more fingers makes them go white for a varying length of time . |
| 23 | But misses at times when they seemed set for a good end let the Stranraer team in . |
| 24 | In 1845 he started a wholesale grocery business in Liverpool , and later a printing business ; hard work and a good business sense allowed him to sell these for a small fortune in 1856 . |
| 25 | But Scottish club Hearts ' hopes of a UEFA Cup fightback were cruelly ended in Belgium last night , as they lost 1–0 for a 2–0 aggregate defeat to Standard Liege . |
| 26 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 27 | United played some classy football against Millwall in the first half … they looked good for a few goals but ended with nothing … |
| 28 | Moustaches were allowed , not that they did much for a few who grew them . |
| 29 | Even the troopers seemed to be fascinated as they crowded closer for a better look . |
| 30 | It tastes alright for a few mouthfuls and then it like gets a bit monotonous . |