Example sentences of "[pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 2 | Foley said nothing for a good few seconds . |
| 3 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 4 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 5 | She said nothing for a long time , then shook her head . |
| 6 | Nothing for a long time like the five hundred . |
| 7 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |
| 8 | I said nothing for a few seconds . |
| 9 | And then nothing for a few moments , until his voice came again and he lifted himself from her . |
| 10 | Mr Brownlow said nothing for a few seconds , but simply stared at Rose . |
| 11 | Mike said nothing for a few minutes . |
| 12 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
| 13 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 14 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 15 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
| 16 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 17 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 18 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 19 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 20 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 21 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 22 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 23 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
| 24 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
| 25 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 26 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 27 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 28 | Recently deserted by her husband Cruncher ( ‘ He left me for a wee young thing of 58 ’ ) she 's found it hard enough to make ends meet in the past . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 30 | And the , I went to the my little now in Italy , making this conditional he says it 's no bloody good on me , poor old curly what , I think he 's about ninety , he looked it , he said what they keep making you conditional for he said you 've got no ruddy condition it 's gone and the , the recommended me for a complete discharge and , and eh , I started off with fifty per cent pension . |