Example sentences of "[verb] for one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 2 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 3 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 4 | Do you think for one minute that I want to live next door to a stinking curry eater or a mugging , drug-dealing , sweaty black rasta ? |
| 5 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 6 | ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 8 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 9 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 10 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you really think , ’ Alexandra had said earnestly , a pile of linen sheets in her arms , ‘ do you truthfully think for one moment that Aunt Emily would wish this room to be kept like — like a museum ? |
| 12 | Daren Foster , coming to the end of his present contract , and Steve Bastien are in effect competing for one place . |
| 13 | Tim Curtis is not afraid to leave out seamers — but it still looks as if Illingworth and Stemp will mostly be competing for one place . |
| 14 | The tour 's nearly over but there 's still enough time to take in the fabulous sight of Paris illuminated by night , where we will stay for one night . |
| 15 | The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night . |
| 16 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll just stay for one game , ’ Christine said , unable to resist the longing to play . |
| 18 | This locomotive will stay for one week only . |
| 19 | ‘ If it is a close-run thing in any one of these seats , it could make the difference between a win or a lose for one side or the other . ’ |
| 20 | It 's cos I ca n't be arsed to go for one stamp . |
| 21 | Er ours is a slightly more difficult task , I would suggest a much more difficult task , in that we 're trying to go for one certificate for the whole of the group . |
| 22 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 23 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 24 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 25 | Later booster and long term follow-up sessions are arranged for one month , then three months , after completion of the structured programme . |
| 26 | Several methods of pedestrian flow and journey data collection were considered and 10 pre-Christmas shopping days of automated photographic data were gathered for one street in Nottingham city centre in a pilot study to test collection and interpretation procedures . |
| 27 | The supplementation dose was given for one month , in two or three tablets with meals . |
| 28 | One of the things that makes war so fascinating to its students and so frustrating to its participants is that in a moment of supreme crisis it is rarely given for one side , obsessed by its own difficulties , to see just how bad things are in the enemy camp . |
| 29 | If you have embarked on this decision , entertaining friends at home may became increasingly difficult too , for your parent may look forward always to being present on these occasions , without realising for one moment that her daughter needs the opportunity sometimes to be able to relate to her friends alone , so that she can project her personality freely and share confidences and opinions with people of her own generation . |
| 30 | The vast majority of them had tried , and failed for one reason or another , to get into one or other of the local preparatory schools . |