Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [indef pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just caught something for a , then put them on . |
| 2 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 3 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |
| 4 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
| 5 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |
| 6 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
| 8 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
| 10 | No we 're still on A really , we have n't got one for A yet . |
| 11 | We have n't had one for a couple have we ? |
| 12 | I wo n't marry anyone for a long time . |
| 13 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 14 | The smell of the plates of food as they were borne past had been tantalising and caused pangs of hunger to strike Meredith 's stomach as though she had n't eaten anything for a week . |
| 15 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 16 | Therefore you do n't say anything for a while , conceal it , perhaps even kid yourself that the pregnancy will go away if you do n't acknowledge it . |
| 17 | We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust . |
| 18 | Much work was needed to bring them up to scratch and the small band worked hard to ready everything for an opening to the public in June . |
| 19 | At the same time Keegan believes there would be value in a ‘ swap ’ system that enabled clubs to put four freed players into a pool then draw lots for a draft pick on the lines of American Football . |
| 20 | You can get all the details of what 's under the hood , how much they cost and then take one for a test drive on this full VGA driving simulator . |
| 21 | Let's see you actually do something for a change . . |
| 22 | Still , about half the people never take anything for a headache . |
| 23 | He had n't concentrated on one thing for years now as he had when he 'd started collecting stamps at the age of nine , so careful , so worried , so never leaving anything for a minute that could be done straight away by him . |
| 24 | They feel nothing about seriously mutilating someone for a trivial reason . |