Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comparing him to Demosthenes , in whom oratory compensated for a speech impediment , Storr juxtaposes two key scenes : young Winston being pelted with cricket balls and hiding behind a tree , and a slightly older Winston terrifying his friends ( and all but killing himself ) by jumping 30 ft off a bridge . |
| 2 | My heart froze for a second , as if I had put on an elaborate disguise and suddenly been addressed by name — I did n't feel safe any more . |
| 3 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 4 | I seek leave this morning to hold my recommendation to adopt for a day as per Bungay bypass , tending member discussions which need to be held with representatives from both Suffolk County Council and Norfolk County Council . |
| 5 | Craned my neck to look for a way up to the high high bridge , saw a rocky overgrown path over the other side of the road . |
| 6 | My husband works for a firm . |
| 7 | My husband works for a bus company but he has n't said anything about this . |
| 8 | A teacher has only to say : " Now which of you girls did — " and my spots merge for a time into the scarlet background provided for them by the rest of my face . |
| 9 | I ca n't go around my friends begging for a home , can I ? |
| 10 | Have n't had my hand kissed for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | My stomach did for a while , as it did not like the vapours given out by the hops in the borough market after the sea air it had been used to in Hastings , but one can not live on sea air . |
| 12 | For example , the Oracle might say , ‘ I could see in the stars that the Feast would take in the foolish , I told my master to prepare for a great revenge ’ , and then have the Oracle tell the adventurers the story of the Poison Feast from the Drachenfels novel in full , if the players have n't read that book . |
| 13 | As one lecturer put it , ‘ I do n't want one of my students working for a first to have the achievement marred because it was ‘ only a 1.2 ’ . ’ |
| 14 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 15 | Not a single one of my colleagues doubted for a moment what she said . |
| 16 | My mother argued for a while that the dry heat was known to be bracing , but Lili went on to speak of rumours of a cholera epidemic in the rural districts and disaffection among the fellahin and I said I would rather go to Bournemouth , which was a black lie but efficacious since we had gone there for our holidays and my mother seemed gratified that I should wish to return . |
| 17 | When I asked Mrs Zamzam what her sons did for a living , a young man interrupted to say that they all worked ‘ for the revolution ’ . |
| 18 | She left her sister to rest for a while , and she herself set off at once with her possessions in a basket . |
| 19 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 20 | Existing users can have their products upgraded for a cost expected to be some £500 per site ; new users can buy products from the wide-ranging series at between £900 and £50,000 . |
| 21 | She allowed her mind to dwell for a minute on her old schoolfellow in the role of husband . |
| 22 | Her mind searched for a safer topic . |
| 23 | When it dawned on her that she would have to earn her own living , she made up her mind to work for a diploma and then teach , and do some book-illustrating while she cast about for her real métier . |
| 24 | On coming to power in Tbilisi , the new military council expressed its readiness to search for a negotiated solution to the problems in South Ossetia and , as a gesture of goodwill , on Jan. 7 released the Ossetian leader Torez Kolumbegov who had been held since January 1991 [ see pp. 37971 ; 38014 ] . |
| 25 | Benjamin 's parent 's home was created by Richard Sylbert on a sound stage , but the underwater sequences , which Dustin practised for a week , were shot in a real outside pool with a glass wall for photographic purposes . |
| 26 | Their eyes met for a moment , then he looked away . |
| 27 | As he came through the hut again , the man was there , about to sign out , and their eyes met for a moment , and Cormack felt scared . |
| 28 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 29 | Their eyes met for a moment and Guido smiled back at her , flooding her heart with foolish pleasure . |
| 30 | Their eyes clashed for a moment , then Leonora shrugged . |