Example sentences of "[det] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hyde mentions a program that can automatically provide precis of news stories , but does not point out that it can attempt to do this only for a restricted range of stories . |
| 2 | I 'll just tell you about this Can I just tell you about this just for a minute ? |
| 3 | The boatman inspected this critically for a moment , but then , unlike Owen , seemed satisfied . |
| 4 | ‘ How much difference would it make if you cleared this away for a few minutes — that 's all ? ’ persisted Huy . |
| 5 | I do n't know how much turf they to put on this here for a pris for a prisoner to kick a ruddy football on . |
| 6 | To think about this even for a moment is to see that something is amiss . |
| 7 | wait a minute , we 'll leave that in there we 'll let it go out , see how it goes for a couple of months , Glen will know where we can use any money for that anyway for a couple of months |
| 8 | There was something about the way he said it , in a tone of calm wisdom , that just for a moment made Lisa curious . |
| 9 | so , she thinks like they were , they were on show these just for a wardrobe and a set of drawers for a thousand quid , he let her have them for six hundred , so she 's been and paid a deposit on them |
| 10 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 11 | I have had a cheque account with this organisation for over 20 years and a mortgage for seven ; the latter now for a comparatively small proportion of my house value . |
| 12 | We can not afford to get them all here for a costume call . ’ |
| 13 | Maria 's brilliant smile was for a particularly attentive television camera , but the dreams sparkling in her eyes were uncontrived , as pure delight and ambition triumphed over all else for a moment . |
| 14 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 15 | She could n't do that again for a while , she had to be on duty over Christmas as it was . |
| 16 | And after that brief excursion into the mysterious tongue of her beloved she said very little else for a considerable time . |