Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett dozed for a while and was suddenly awakened by a knocking on the chamber door . |
| 2 | Blufton pondered for a second and ran a strong , spade-like hand through his hair . |
| 3 | Ginny waited for a bus and watched people darting along the pavements and in and out of shops . |
| 4 | Tom hesitated for a moment and then walked hurriedly on to the small road back towards the artist 's shop . |
| 5 | Topstock paused for a moment and then said , ‘ I think he was responsible for a good many of the Society 's priests . |
| 6 | Jesus called for a coin and asked whose head and inscription were engraved on it . |
| 7 | Tanner thought for a moment and shook his head . |
| 8 | Blanche thought for a moment and assembled a smile . |
| 9 | ‘ Then how do you explain the wad of twenty quid notes stuff- ’ Miller paused for a moment and softened his tone . |
| 10 | ’ Sybil groped for a word and after some hesitation came up with , ‘ tendencies … yes with her ah peculiar tendencies , it would be a sort of crime passionnel , would n't it ? ’ |
| 11 | Talbot reached for a phone and got through to Van Gelder . |
| 12 | But then a lot of them fancied their chances that year — Peter Oosterhuis , Nick Faldo , and so on , and Bobby Clampett led for a while and it looked as though they might not be able to catch him . |
| 13 | Mr Broadhurst paused for a moment and then resumed . |
| 14 | McCandless , accompanied by a Canadian student named Arthur Jaffray , spotted Mrs. O'Connor about an hour later and whilst Jaffray ran for a boat and some ropes , McCandless with complete disregard for the dangers , fought his way through the strong current to reach Mrs. O'Connor and supported her until Jaffray arrived in a boat with the woman 's father . |
| 15 | Dexter yearned for a cigarette and squeezed his ballpoint tighter to quieten the urge . |
| 16 | Suzanne Budgen taught for a year and then financed her painting by some work in educational administration and part-time teaching . |
| 17 | Mrs Stych faltered for a moment and then realized that she meant Hank . |