Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [adv] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My only desire was to keep these hideous creatures at bay whilst I desperately looked for a gap in the ring of steel surrounding me . |
| 2 | Visitors Centre assistant information officer got in on the act when she bravely volunteered for a Harris Hawk to land on her arm . |
| 3 | The penalty seemed harsh as Jones went down in a collision with John Lukic as they both raced for a 50-50 ball . |
| 4 | Midst all this , Atherton , who had fought desperately hard for almost 4½ hours , made an allowable mistake when he wearily felt for a rare straightish and wider ball from Waqar . |
| 5 | Housekeeper Anne Jackson told how Mr Elton had turned the sitting room of his £750,000 London flat into an office as he desperately hunted for a new job . |
| 6 | Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain . |