Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay frozen for a moment , and then I called out , " Who is it ? " |
| 2 | Do you know I lay awake for a little while last night and came to the conclusion that I had no grounds for thinking him old or frumpy ? |
| 3 | Before making more coffee I stand silent for a full minute , to be sure there 's nothing out there I should have heard . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean , I talk funny for an ex-bog-trotter slum-kid ? ’ |
| 5 | I stay local for a night , then climb the ridge above the far side of the fjord , making for Hestöfjordur and a view of the big glacier . |
| 6 | In general the obsidian forms only on the outer skin of the lava , which is rapidly chilled , while the central parts of the flow , which remain hot for a long while , consist of rhyolite . |
| 7 | you sit here , you sit still for a minute and eat , eat your sandwich and I 'll just put Joseph in the car oh what |
| 8 | There is a high mortality associated with old people who lie undetected for a long time , both related to the injury sustained and to complications ; such as hypothermia , dehydration , bronchopneumonia and breakdown of pressure areas ( Wild et al , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | You lie low for a while , and you disperse a handful of coins , singly , perhaps not to the best advantage , but still it 's all clear profit . |
| 10 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
| 11 | When you feel nostalgic for a change , it 's time to head for the hills . |
| 12 | Moreover , one of the gratifying aspects of attaining state retirement age is that you become eligible for a variety of benefits , for example : concessionary travel , free national health service prescriptions , cheaper theatre and cinema tickets ( usually matinees ) , reduced entrance charges for exhibitions and a wide choice of special holiday offers . |
| 13 | In general this book is written in a register we consider appropriate for a textbook of this type . |
| 14 | And when the ā gri goes inside they remain fixed for an instant on the li ga and the ground around it , with the four white bodies , and the separate wide-eyed heads , and the stains of blood going brown already in the trampled grass . |
| 15 | Everybody sit still for a minute and what were you gon na say ? |
| 16 | They stand still for a moment in their original positions . ) |
| 17 | Mates of theirs if there 's a fight they come back with blades and that and like baseball bats , hammers , they get ready for a fight , but they 're all gone . |