Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 2 | The B film was a Western starring Randolph Scott , and when that was over he would watch Jane Russell again , and somewhere in between he would eat his boiled egg and perhaps sleep for a while . |
| 3 | ‘ Things are starting to get much easier for the business person , although there 's still a big difference between setting up in Budapest , or Warsaw , or Prague , compared with somewhere in the country , where you may still have a long wait for a telephone connection . ’ |
| 4 | A long wait for a patient with bladder outflow obstruction for a specialist opinion is both undesirable and unacceptable . |
| 5 | Of course , it can be argued that the theoretical presumption of innocence in the West is frequently negated by the pressure , particularly in the lower courts , to ‘ plea bargain' , that is agree to plead guilty to a relatively minor charge and receive a relatively light sentence , rather than plead not guilty , endure a long wait for a trial ( possibly in custody ) and , if found guilty , receive a heavier sentence , although there always remains the chance of acquittal . |
| 6 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
| 7 | There was a long wait for an answer . |
| 8 | If you enviously yearn for a PC sound card but ca n't afford one , Guildsoft 's Icon Hear-It for Windows might be the answer . |
| 9 | But , even if the records only stand for a couple of weeks , Kapil wants two Indians on top at the same time . |
| 10 | Remember that when a probate or letters of administration constitute one of the title documents it 's unlikely in any event to be handed over , so look for a covenant for its production and if one is n't abstracted , make a requisition on the point , although you should note covenants for production are not necessary in deeds giving rise to first registration . |
| 11 | So look for a college which is accredited by CIFE or the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BAC ) . |
| 12 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 13 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
| 14 | ‘ Enough exercise for a month . |
| 15 | ‘ Things went through smoothly , ’ he says , ‘ But now the terms have changed and payments only continue for a year . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ These people deliberately target places where people only go for a bit of entertainment . |
| 17 | So Dave said well let's , you know , you sit and eat , and eat , he said let's get up Christmas present , have a couple of Christmas presents , going swimming ten till twelve , perhaps go for a walk over the common or something , |
| 18 | The bars here are unique in that unlike the rest of ‘ puritan ’ Germany , they only close for an hour a day to let the cleaners in ( many bars even pour drink through a loophole by cleaning half the bar at a time — prost ! ) |
| 19 | However , if you merely ask for a repetition of the number , it still may not be clear if it is fourteen or forty . |
| 20 | This is what I meant earlier : perhaps love for a writer is the purest , the steadiest form of love . |
| 21 | To me it seems that beauty , and indeed the qualities and forms which give rise to beauty , only exist for a consciousness . |
| 22 | They literally bleed for a living . |
| 23 | OCTOBER 20th saw the first ever ‘ Academic Mass ’ held at the Cathedral in Lancaster and the fulfilment of a life long dream for a lady in Altrincham . |
| 24 | The African bush was not place for an antelope which had acquired a taste for imported peanuts and strawberry yoghurt . |
| 25 | My patience snapped and I said : ‘ Do shut up and just listen for a moment . ’ |
| 26 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
| 27 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 28 | Just relax for a while . ’ |
| 29 | Next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door , just pause for a moment instead of reacting immediately . |
| 30 | If we just pause for a moment and look at the A C C digest that the papers see . |