Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the smell of warm grass came to join that of the roses and gunpowder and he fell asleep for a few moments , dreaming of cricket fields and meadows . |
| 2 | He fell asleep for a few hours just before dawn and woke cold and cramped , his head on the small desk , his body somehow wedged on the stool . |
| 3 | He fell silent for a few moments , shredding the paper that had wrapped his sugar cube . |
| 4 | Then he fell silent for a little while , as if in meditation . |
| 5 | Once , hearing an unaccountable noise in front of him , which ceased on the instant , he kept still for a long time ; and when at last he moved cautiously forward , found Silver crouching behind a tussock of cock's-foot for fear of the sound of his own approach . |
| 6 | ‘ He kept quiet for a long time working out how long soap could keep for , then he just said , ‘ Well , we 'll have to sell the things . ’ |
| 7 | He lay awake for a long time looking for possible connections between the incidents and listening to Rain breathing . |
| 8 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 9 | Always got like that when he sat still for a long time . |
| 10 | He sat silent for a long moment , recollecting how the past few years had dealt with Donata Blount and her family . |
| 11 | He sat silent for a long moment , considering her soberly from beneath knitted brows . |
| 12 | He remained silent for a long time , staring at Emily as though summing her up . |