Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought .
2 The ground itself is not as harsh as the words I felt beneath me for that one curious moment at the Treasury .
3 Before doing so , Father Duryea stared at them for many arduous minutes .
4 He looked at her for several interminable seconds .
5 I do n't mean for his fear to be confirmed — that he was sightless ; the unspoken query which hovered over us for those few days .
6 ‘ You stayed with her for all that time .
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