Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , finally , as we hit Highlight in deep space beyond the Ixyphal system , I asked Posi for a playback of any comm messages . |
| 2 | Slightly stunned by the abrupt landing , half dazed by the assault of the overpowering stink , I lay still for a moment on the crust , groaning and gagging . |
| 3 | In the motorway restaurant , I chose a bland meal I thought suitable for a little girl , and had a chicken salad myself . |
| 4 | I fell asleep for a bit and this happened ! " |
| 5 | I remained motionless for a while , practising the muscle relaxation techniques I had learned in drama , sending round my mental supervisor to check that every part was free from tension , at the same time , striving to calm myself mentally , to empty my mind by focusing on the One , then dismissing that also . |
| 6 | After walking in the relative heat for two hours , we decided that it was time for a break , and this decision was reinforced when we spotted a river which looked perfect for a quick ‘ dip ’ . |
| 7 | She looked puzzled for a moment , and I wondered if she really still worried about this ancient happening . |
| 8 | She looked startled for a moment . |
| 9 | She looked paralysed for a moment . |
| 10 | She looked doubtful for a moment . |
| 11 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
| 12 | She fell silent for a moment and I saw she was watching the long heaving waves slip past our flanks . |
| 13 | She fell silent for a moment before going on quietly , ‘ I want to come home , Elizabeth . |
| 14 | She fell silent for a moment , grateful when Cissie decided not to press her . |
| 15 | ‘ She went quiet for a bit . |
| 16 | She lay awake for a long time , looking at a pattern of moonlight on the stone floor of the bedroom and listening to the distant complaints of the chained dog she now knew to belong to Buck Kettering . |
| 17 | That night she lay awake for a long time , thinking first of her father , recalling many happy childhood memories and wishing fervently , as she had so many times before , that he had not left her so soon . |
| 18 | She lay awake for a long time that night , going over the conversation with her mother , trying to work out what she should say to Leo , and she rehearsed so many and varied conversations that she thought she 'd go mad . |
| 19 | She lay rigid for a count of ten , eyes tightly closed , then very slowly opened them again . |
| 20 | Carson looked at the colonel , who remained silent for a couple of moments , then nodded , slowly , twice . |
| 21 | She stayed awake for a long time wondering uneasily whether cruelty was a natural part of her character , or whether its expression was merely an aspect of growing up . |
| 22 | She stood still for a long moment that seemed to the others to grow into an age . |
| 23 | For some reason this made her think of Finn , and she stood still for a moment , again waiting cautiously for any twinges of anguish , any signs of unhealed wounds . |
| 24 | She stood still for a moment , breathing the air , gazing round her . |
| 25 | She stood still for a moment and looked up and down the street ; it seemed to shine ; the light the sun had poured onto the packed dirt of the road glowed back pewter under the stars ; there was no longer any moon , it had set earlier that night , and the dimensions of the scene had expanded , creating a vacancy which made Rosa feel her pulse quicken , as if she too were growing , becoming less stubby , less compact , stretching upwards and turning silvery herself like the leaf of an olive when the breeze lifts it and shows its metallic underside . |
| 26 | She remained silent for a while , evidently turning something over in her mind . |
| 27 | She sat still for a full five minutes , then stood up brusquely . |
| 28 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 29 | She sat silent for a while , making a decision . |
| 30 | As soon as Silver disappeared , we got ready for a battle , placing ourselves around the sides of the stockade . |