Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 2 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 3 | They were willing to accept a cut in transitional benefit which would have had the effect of ‘ throwing at least some of those receiving transitional benefit upon public assistance ’ , while Henderson pressed hard for a ‘ premium ’ , a flat deduction of 1s. a week from all unemployment benefits . |
| 4 | They had n't said much to me apart from announcing themselves as Detective-Sergeant Hatchard and Detective Constable White , and even when they got back inside , Hatchard talked to the pathologist while White went off for a snoop around , as policemen do . |
| 5 | The Modernists had enjoyed a brief life as a London group after Pound settled there for a dozen years in 1908 ; Bloomsbury was already one , first in Cambridge and later in London and Sussex , sharing not just a range of assumptions and convictions but an intimate web of social and amorous relations . |
| 6 | After that there was no way back for Foulds as Doherty raced away for a 5–2 win , sealing it with a 60 break in what proved to be the final frame . |
| 7 | Moments later , Town were in trouble again , when Viveash dived in for a challenge and gave away a penalty ; an expensive tackle , as Mark Pembridge slammed home the kick , which Fraser Digby almost saved . |