Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After that I told Sir Alfred of my plans for a monocoque car for the next season , and got a sour letter back saying we had to win another grand prix before we talked about anything . |
| 2 | Fortunately their approach coincided with my plans for a charitable foundation to buy art for Britain . |
| 3 | Now the junior minister says she is pleased ‘ that the West Midlands County Council have accepted my proposals for a sensible and reasonable division of responsibilities . ’ |
| 4 | I have n't cleaned my teeth for a week . ’ |
| 5 | I think I took drugs to escape my problems , because I thought I had the world on my shoulders for a number of reasons . |
| 6 | She rests her head on my shoulders for a second her body shaking with sobs . |
| 7 | At least the manager did n't pounce on me just because I shut my eyes for a few moments . ’ |
| 8 | I closed my eyes for a second . |
| 9 | I closed my eyes for a bit , then went back into the Bunker to tidy up . |
| 10 | It 's all right for me — I can close my eyes for a moment , and stroke my beard , and make little gasping noises to myself . |
| 11 | I held her hand to my lips for a moment . |
| 12 | This means retracing my steps for a mile or so , but the country is wild and beautiful , full of new things to see . |
| 13 | I 'm feeling real heavy and tired and my feet 's aching so I have a sit down on a wall and swing my legs for a bit . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you be all right here if I go and stretch my legs for a while ? ’ |
| 15 | I hung up and dug around in my pockets for a smoke . |
| 16 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 17 | I can keep Rainbow in my sights for a little while longer . |
| 18 | Only your good news banished my cares for a while . |
| 19 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 20 | FOR TWO DAYS I WENT ABOUT RACKING MY BRAINS FOR A PLOT OF ANY SORT ; – ON THE SECOND NIGHT I DREAMED THE SCENE AT THE WINK ) W , AND A SCENE AFTERWARD SPLIT IN TWO , IN WHICH HYDEPURSUED FOR SOME CRIME , TOOK THE POWDER AND UNDERWENT THE CHANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS PURSUERS . |
| 21 | The fact that hippies were so violently apolitical inspired a lot of my polemics for a long time on Oz . |
| 22 | Oh , I 've had my suspicions for a while now , not that I was the only one . |
| 23 | ‘ My dear girl , it was no hardship to hold you in my arms for a while , I assure you ! ’ |
| 24 | I climbed hesitantly , feeling clumsy as the tame macaw which that morning had taken my fingernails for a bunch of nuts . |
| 25 | So we were sitting there , in this horrible place where the ‘ glass of white ’ is even more noxious than the yeoman 's brew , and their selection of Highland malts is less than the finest , and I 'm getting these pancreas-piercing whiffs of other people 's nicotine ( hit me with a gasper , go on , do it to me — I 'll betray my country for a Silk Cut , I 'll betray my friends for a Winston ) when Stuart , with a creepily smug look on his face , suddenly announces , ‘ We 're taking off , you know . ’ |
| 26 | So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement . |
| 27 | I sat with my head in my hands for a while , then I went over to my desk and took out a small framed photograph of Anne and myself which I always hid before she arrived . |
| 28 | I switch on the fire and warm my hands for a bit . |
| 29 | I picked up the file and stood with it in my hands for a few minutes before deciding whether to examine its contents . |
| 30 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |