Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a bit annoyed so I said do n't get messed about I said this is the whole point cos if , if you get over there and there 's and it 's only for a bloody week it 'll be annoying . |
| 2 | If we could talk to you inside for a few minutes you wo n't regret it . ’ |
| 3 | This is in a twelve hour so for a daily flow we 've This was a surveying period about twenty percent for to these for a full day . |
| 4 | So for a full week he had sat in the outer office , and waited . |
| 5 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 6 | He is a union member and he was aware of all the advantages of belonging to a union but somehow for a long time it never occurred to me how to get it all started , how it was possible . |
| 7 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 8 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |
| 9 | Just for a few seconds she 'd fallen for the powerful aphrodisiac of music , her senses sharpened by aquavit and the potent charisma of a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his desired ends ! |
| 10 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 11 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |
| 12 | If they 've had to stay indoors for a wet break they 'll want to do something physically very active . |
| 13 | She had laughed then at the vivid imagination of the child , but now for a brief moment she saw the city as Maggie saw it , basking in the first rays of the sun and oblivious to the dangerous mist below that might suck it in before it could wake up and take wing against the now blue blue sky . |
| 14 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 15 | He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity . |
| 16 | Looking around then for a non-union post he succeeded in getting an appointment to the Script Department at Ealing Studios , a complex famous the world over for its comedies . |
| 17 | Then for a few days she was quiet . |
| 18 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 19 | If you had the additional capital to go all-out for a new start I 'd say it was almost a certainty . |
| 20 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 21 | And when I read it on there for a free gift I thought ooh if I do it myself I 'll get a free gift . |
| 22 | On that day we became friends , yet for a long time I kept my distance , afraid even to shake hands with him . |
| 23 | My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived . |
| 24 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 25 | I think you need to go and do something else for a little while I said cos if you keep looking over thinking you ca n't do it , have a break and go back to it afterwards you just get really despondent |