Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But pheromones only remain effective for a short period . |
| 2 | Ant : I 've only got enough for a shirt . |
| 3 | as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time . |
| 4 | ‘ So , just sit quiet for a moment , there 's a good girl , and then I 'll make us a cup of tea . ’ |
| 5 | Rover , although in a far healthier financial state than before , was not considered suitable for a similar sale of shares to the public . |
| 6 | She had not done that for a long time . |
| 7 | Scarlet did not believe this for a moment , which was why she held reality at arm 's length and had to see a therapist about it . |
| 8 | Peter did not believe this for a moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Mrs E. had no clothes , she has not had any for a year . |
| 10 | Just consider this for a moment . |
| 11 | Just consider this for a moment . |
| 12 | I shall just look decorative for a couple of minutes . |
| 13 | that 's fucking going some for a ship that size I would love to have be able to fly with the or something |
| 14 | South 's hand did not look right for a rebid in no-trumps so , rather than explore with an ambiguous bid in the opponent 's suit , he decided to stress the quality of his own suit with Three Hearts . |
| 15 | Britain says the EC could comfortably levy enough for a reasonable increase in EC spending by sticking to its present formula of 1.2 per cent of European Gross Domestic Product . |
| 16 | They 've been open all hours … at Kingsholm this week … running on overtime getting ready for a game that could simply make or break the season … you know what they say about it never raining … it 's been pouring on Gloucester this season … defeat for the Cherry and Whites tomorrow would put them on the relegation trapdoor … |
| 17 | Very often during training , a student will be rather short of height but will just have sufficient for a normal approach . |
| 18 | Oh yeah , I reckon all grannies are gon na be taping this they 're the only with loads of spare time , we 're just doing this for a laugh ! |
| 19 | ‘ You could not stand still for a moment . |
| 20 | Right , okay well can we just leave this for a minute please because we 're not getting |
| 21 | Wheeler did not add that for a man whose chief pleasure in the past seemed to have been in giving other people orders , a falling off of that activity boded ill . |
| 22 | ‘ The scene does not seem right for a 1987 style crash , but the more cautious will be dusting off the chartist 's recommendations to see which shares can still be sold . ’ |
| 23 | Albeit a worthy technical effort , NT 's ‘ lack of functional and speed advantages would normally prove fatal for a product targeting the brutally competitive desktop market . ’ |
| 24 | The NIE advert was Yasmin 's first appearance in a commercial , but she has already recorded another for a bank and hopes for more work . |
| 25 | ‘ Not surprising , ’ her mama had said gently , ‘ seeing that neither of you ever sits still for a moment , nor ever stops talking , either . ’ |
| 26 | It was always considered necessary for a man to shoulder the main burden of work at a farm the size of ours , and I suppose the main reason why the place is a bit run down these days is because there was no man left to take over when Uncle died . |
| 27 | It had always seemed possible for a ‘ device ’ to be hidden in a golf-bag . |
| 28 | This hardly seems satisfactory for a book on style since difficult readings are not necessarily the most important ; and there is no discussion of any difficulties in the footnotes . |
| 29 | It hardly seems sensible for a reporter doing his or her job properly to ignore a source so influential and so close to the seat of power . |
| 30 | No I 've always liked the in Woking , I 've always liked that for a little snack . |