Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 2 | With great trepidation and much backsliding the tsar eventually granted the serfs a sort of freedom , but if their interests had been dear to his heart he could have committed himself earlier and pressed harder for a settlement which gave them an economically viable future . |
| 3 | It was only when I swung to the left and broke free for a moment that I was able to observe that he was wearing my dad 's grey towelling dressing-gown . |
| 4 | Charles blustered and looked affronted for a moment while he took this in . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Hugh and lay quiet for a while . |
| 6 | I spat into my fingers and used them , then found his foreskin was loose enough to be rolled back and forth over the head , and did that for a while . |
| 7 | I came to the end of the bridge , where technically my territory stops , and stood still for a while , thinking , feeling , listening and looking and smelling . |
| 8 | He threw down the washing-up mop and stood stock-still for a moment , gripping the edge of the sink . |
| 9 | She looked down at her handbag and remained silent for a while . |
| 10 | Interest rates , too , increased and remained high for a generation . |