Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it 's it 's happened and I was ha I was so interested in the subject that I asked Mr for a copy of the report where it goes back in the history and of course it is the history of trading standards and , and so on . |
| 2 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 3 | Jennifer had finished her shopping and , pausing to look at her watch , realised that she had time for a coffee before her train left . |
| 4 | It may be that you receive praise for a piece of work well done , and suddenly you feel that you made the right decision to leave the family home and strike out on your own . |
| 5 | Even so , I have noticed that the feeding pattern still follows the usual course in that you catch barbel for a spell ( maybe only one or two fish ) then nothing for a spell , and so on . |
| 6 | But guilt is also within us — it is our feeling , realistic or not , that we have responsibility for a specific or amorphous offence against humanity or God . |
| 7 | In fact , many organisations have reduced this and other functions to such an extent that they use consultants for a wide variety of activities whether it be for strategy advice , for marketing , production , organisation development , training or indeed executive search . |
| 8 | Bouvard and Pécuchet , during their investigations into literature , find that they lose respect for an author when he strays into error . |
| 9 | So besieged was he after his first round that he sought refuge for a while on the practice putting green . |
| 10 | Charles persuaded a rather grudging Miles that he had time for a quick bath before they left . |
| 11 | Another excuse was that he needed liquidity for a property deal or something of the sort , so a complete sell out would be necessary within the next month or so , albeit with the least possible losses . |