Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 2 | IN SEPTEMBER , a group of 50 people met together for a week of prayer at Our Lady of Good Counsel , Leeds . |
| 3 | Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray . |
| 4 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 5 | Whereby the whole church family , broke up into groups for a period of education , and then came together for a time of celebration and worship . |
| 6 | I think he ca I think he came tonight for a game of cards that 's all he came |
| 7 | On the other side , the track dropped sharply for a quarter of a mile where , to its right , was a dome of sand about 150 yards in diameter . |
| 8 | The meeting had been convened at the initiative of Yugoslavia as current chairman of the NAM , and the Yugoslav Foreign Minister Budimir Loncar said at a press conference afterwards that " the foreign ministers could not agree on a joint statement , but opted instead for a plan of action to prevent the war 's escalation … starting with the rapid deployment of a mission of three to four ministers to Baghdad within a few days " . |
| 9 | A 37-HOUR working week agreed yesterday for a group of engineering workers may become a benchmark in the national engineering dispute , now in its second month . |
| 10 | Imprisoned as a loan resister in 1627 , he was one of the ‘ five knights ’ who applied unsuccessfully for a writ of habeas corpus . |
| 11 | A few distant correspondents , untouched by time , still asked confidently for a painting of a particular ship . |
| 12 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |
| 13 | For example , the Family Endowment Society , led by Eleanor Rathbone , argued strongly for a system of family allowances , enlisting the support of people like William Beveridge and Seebohm Rowntree for a measure which was widely recognised as a major step towards eliminating poverty . |
| 14 | You only lived here for a couple of years . ’ |
| 15 | She began plunging the pole down into the pot once more but , feeling suddenly rebellious , she stopped work and went outside for a breath of fresh air . |
| 16 | ‘ We eventually fell madly in love and went away for a string of dirty weekends . ’ |
| 17 | Normally that should present no problem to the team batting second , but none of them could dominate the bowling and the low total seemed to spur England to some brilliant fielding ; when Botham got Gomes and Richards in successive overs , the game moved England 's way , and the rest of the wickets drifted away for a total of just 148 . |
| 18 | During the talks the Unionist leaders argued hard for a reintroduction of internment , but the SDLP suggested that such a measure would only alienate the Catholic minority in the province . |
| 19 | She abandoned the half-formed thought as he went on , ‘ I was educated in England , and lived there for a number of years . |
| 20 | After mentioning some of the New Age practices and beliefs , I asked again for a show of hands from those who knew friends and neighbours who were involved . |
| 21 | Wyatt 's subsequent work was primarily as a country-house architect and ‘ improver ’ , although he competed unsuccessfully for a number of major public commissions and in 1816 published a Prospectus of a Design for Various Improvements in the Metropolis , in which he made radical proposals for replanning the West End . |
| 22 | Habitually a somewhat forgetful person , I had also for a couple of days been trying to remember the name of the director of the film Such Good Friends . |
| 23 | Well you lasted there for a couple of years . |
| 24 | By the end of the Middle Ages there were various categories of copyholder , the best placed being those who held by inheritance with the entry fine to the land being fixed , while the less fortunate held for a term of life , with an uncertain entry fine to be paid by the successor , or even , although this was unusual , held only for a term of years ( 79 , p.47 ; 82 , pp.60–2 ) . |
| 25 | Anyway , I sat there for a couple of minutes and then the cab came . ’ |
| 26 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |