Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 2 | I lay for a while simply wrestling with the enormity of it . |
| 3 | I lay for a while waiting for the chateau to fall silent again before drifting into a demon-filled sleep of black war horses rearing above me , men flying through the night air , and those dreadful corpses laid out so tidily , so neatly , in that beautiful London garden . |
| 4 | Bit too complicated I fear for a terrace chant … still — I like it ! ! |
| 5 | ‘ How I long for a return to wingers , all-out attack — and entertainment . ’ |
| 6 | I long for a blockbuster that 's also good writing . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , I do n't mind , ’ said Ianthe , watching an old woman watering plants on a nearby roof ‘ How I long for a cup of tea ! ’ she went on , coming back into the room . |
| 8 | Do you know , I long for a family more than anything in the world ? ’ she blurted out with an intense yearning . |
| 9 | Oh , we was there — I expect for a month . |
| 10 | ‘ If I pose for a photograph will you all go away and leave me to some peace and quiet ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'll do what I want for a change ! |
| 12 | Down the street opposite , Spring Avenue , and towards the car park , where I head for a silver Ford Granada , so that I can pause and hide a mo , to see how the pursuit is going . |
| 13 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 14 | ii : ‘ I pause for a reply ’ , BH 3 ; SB 14 . |
| 15 | ‘ I pause for a reply ’ , BH 3 ; SB 14 . |
| 16 | I pause for a reply ’ |
| 17 | I just say , ’ I act for a living ’ . ’ |
| 18 | Unless one supposes there to be two categorially different kinds of appearances presented to the mind it will then seem that this flat circle must be the only object of visual perception , and the round globe I seem to see , the epistemic appearance , must really be a judgement I mistake for a sensation . |
| 19 | I listen for a bit to hear if anyone 's going to answer the door . |
| 20 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope for a rapprochement between our two countries , which know very little about each other , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I focus for a moment on one arch carved into the Redwall limestone . |
| 23 | But I yearn for a child or even children . |
| 24 | I yearn for a night beneath a sound roof , without insects crawling in my hair and vermin nibbling my toes . ’ |
| 25 | When I meet people , I wait for a pulse from their inner being , which tells me things like how much fear , how much hate , how much peace , how much forgiveness . |
| 26 | Everytime I receive Wimpey News I look for a mention of where I work . |
| 27 | I watch for a reaction , knowing that this will hurt her . |
| 28 | have I time for a scrub or what ? |
| 29 | When it is my turn to use the phone , I stand for a minute with two ten pence coins in my hand . |
| 30 | Past more bushes now , I stand for a moment on the edge of a sacred area , which I share with the rabbits for which it is home . |