Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UN Security Council , meeting in closed session on Feb. 26 , agreed not to call for a ceasefire until Iraq had agreed to comply with all 12 relevant resolutions . |
| 2 | The author seemed somewhat stumped for a reply to such an unusual question and stared into the camera , as if in search of inspiration . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't ever , ’ and Donald took another breath , through his mouth this time , as if he 'd only surfaced for a moment , ‘ do n't EVER eat my beans again . ’ |
| 4 | He 'd already asked for a copy of the calendars of the Carmelite , Nicholas of Lyn . |
| 5 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 6 | It seemed to him that Vincent came home spoiling for a fight . |
| 7 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 8 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 9 | And although scores of people turned up looking for a pet , new waifs were being brought in almost as quickly . |
| 10 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 11 | Like Mr Rocard in 1988 , Mrs Cresson decided not to call for a vote of confidence on her new government 's programme , outlined to parliament on May 22nd . |
| 12 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 13 | Hun Sen went on to call for a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in Bangkok . |
| 14 | In his first State of the Union message , Reagan reiterated the essentials of his programme and went on to call for an increase in defence spending of $7.2 billion and cuts in excess of $40 billion from the proposed 1982 budget of $740 billion . |
| 15 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 16 | He chose not to read for a fellowship and once it became clear that he was no longer in the race for academic honours he was not required to take all the examinations . |
| 17 | Harry Fry , John Ross and Jimmy Rutherford , ordinary Scots who went off to fight for a cause in Spain and who were not to return . |
| 18 | They took up flying for a hobby and say all you need is courage and a taste for adventure . |
| 19 | One evening Friday went out to look for a turtle for meat and eggs . |
| 20 | They did not talk for a minute or so , studiously examining every inch of the tablecloth or the other diners . |
| 21 | Nenna did not answer for a second , and Tilda bellowed : |
| 22 | There was only one way in , by the drawbridge and the gate-towers ; he had racked his brains for an alternative , but there was none , short of procuring an ally within the walls , and that idea he did not entertain for a moment . |
| 23 | On the dining-room walls today hang generations of Macleods ; Boswell and Johnson were entertained by the 23rd chief , Norman , who did not marry for a decade after the travellers stayed here . |
| 24 | But in the isolation that their riches had brought about , and in their serene acceptance that privilege was their due , they did not anticipate for a moment the press of people Don Antonio Beatillo 's idiosyncratic will would bring to their door . |
| 25 | The farmer did not reply for a moment , then he went up between the cows and gently rubbed Blossom 's forehead " Aye , this is the one , Jack . " |
| 26 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he did not sit for a degree . |
| 27 | He was diagnosed anti-depressants by his doctor but failed to take them and did not return for a check up two weeks later . |
| 28 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 29 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 30 | ‘ Was n't that terrific ? ’ she turned to Ven to eagerly exclaim — and felt her heart begin to race yet again when , his expression somehow gentle , he did not speak for a moment but just stood and looked at her . |