Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 2 | Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football . |
| 3 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 4 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 5 | Spared that sort of indignity , the 22 horses and riders approached individually for a staggered start . |
| 6 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 7 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 8 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 9 | Rex moved in for a cuddle . |
| 10 | His eyes clouded over for a moment , and his voice became gruff . |
| 11 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 12 | A CONVICTED killer allowed out for a stroll in the grounds of a mental hospital just kept walking — and was still missing yesterday , 24 hours later . |
| 13 | On the fringe of the political scene , the Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for a coalition under a new leader and various important figures in the City of London let it be known that a Socialist Government would be a financial disaster . |
| 14 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 15 | The Righteous Brothers popped in for a swifty , as did Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn . |
| 16 | For instance , I have today recorded a radio interview in Welsh stressing the need to have an application for quarrying on the Carmel Woods SSSI called in for a public inquiry . |
| 17 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 18 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 19 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 20 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 21 | Kafy 's eyes lit up for a moment , and then shut him out . |
| 22 | His eyes lit up for a moment at that . |
| 23 | The political parties warmed up for a general election by bickering over whether the new health trusts remain part of the national health service . |
| 24 | That summer football waited anxiously for a decision on the future of the League competition . |
| 25 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |
| 26 | But Dzagnidze then followed his own kick for a try in the corner , and Mironov swept through for a try that Dzagnidze converted . |
| 27 | Ottaviani stayed away for a fortnight . |
| 28 | Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven . |
| 29 | And she found her eyes drifting to examine his left hand , noting that as usual he was wearing no rings , hating the way hope stirred foolishly for a moment . |
| 30 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |