Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [noun sg] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyelids fluttered for a second and stayed shut until they reached the ground floor . |
| 2 | I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was . |
| 3 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 4 | He stopped for a moment and gazed about him . |
| 5 | She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath before checking the next crate . |
| 6 | The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them . |
| 7 | He stopped for a moment and looked around for Zach . |
| 8 | At the door he stopped for a moment and looked back , but then he turned and went out without another word . |
| 9 | She stopped for a moment and eyed Sophie thoughtfully . |
| 10 | How dare you patronize me , how dare you flaunt yourself at me when you know — ’ he stopped for a moment and shook his head . |
| 11 | She stopped for a breath and took a step nearer her mother . |
| 12 | ‘ I freelanced for a while and ended up doing a lot of work for the Bee Gees in Florida , for Andy Gibb in particular . |
| 13 | Rather than mount from the ground , which can take some young horses by surprise just when you do n't want to , I opted for a leg-up and repeated the walk , trot and half transitions . |
| 14 | Dexter yearned for a cigarette and squeezed his ballpoint tighter to quieten the urge . |
| 15 | They came for a draw and got it . |
| 16 | Well he he 'd got a , and if I 'd got to do it you know , another day , his er perhaps start and er i , well you know when he came for a meal and saw all that ? |
| 17 | At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out . |
| 18 | Jesus called for a coin and asked whose head and inscription were engraved on it . |
| 19 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 20 | I got up and went for a walk and ended up at the Bunker . |
| 21 | Talbot reached for a phone and got through to Van Gelder . |
| 22 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 23 | He reached for a cigarette and lit it . |
| 24 | She nodded , reached for a cigarette and lit it . |
| 25 | He reached for a cup and poured himself coffee . |
| 26 | The boy reached for a chopper and began briskly to decapitate the birds . |
| 27 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 28 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 29 | I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice . |
| 30 | He thought for a moment and added : ‘ In fact , the further I get into it , and see all these boats and families aboard , the more I realise that crossing the Atlantic is no feat at all . ’ |