Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately it sprouted numerous legs and scrabbled for a purchase . |
| 2 | One man , told by his doctor that he had cancer , retreated to his bedroom and wept for a week , refusing to eat and waiting to die . |
| 3 | He opened his eyes and searched for a break in the streaming fog . |
| 4 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 5 | Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second . |
| 6 | Fabia stirred , awakened in her hotel bedroom that Monday and , as memory awakened with her , she abruptly closed her lovely green eyes and wished for a moment that she were back in England . |
| 7 | Miss Stoner put her hand over her eyes and cried for a minute . |
| 8 | She closed her eyes and concentrated for a second , shaking the blues from her thoughts . |
| 9 | And , as he finished pouring their brandies , she walked ahead of him through the open doorway and stood for a moment before the huge window , listening to the music , gazing out to sea , aware of a sense of peace and deep contentment . |
| 10 | I stopped the car and thought for a bit . |
| 11 | George Burley presently came into the dining car and spoke for a while to Nell , who subsequently went from table to table , clipboard in place , repeating what he 'd said . |
| 12 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 13 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 14 | Every day he went out with his scribe in his boat and stayed for an hour in each of the twelve provinces of hid kingdom , ensuring that all was well . |
| 15 | The banks offered a 30 per cent cut and asked for a US$1,000 million payment to reduce interest arrears of US$8,000 million . |
| 16 | Schneider draped a sheet about his shoulders and reached for a pair of scissors . |
| 17 | I tottered across to a cottage on the edge of the loch and asked for a pot of tea and a bite to eat . |
| 18 | Then quietly I walked down the steps and felt for a seat on one of the wooden forms ; after being hissed at by several people I found one empty , next to an old woman . |
| 19 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 20 | At 2 p.m. a big KC 135 tanker lifted off from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington and headed for a mid-air rendezvous with the Eagle at 45,000 feet over the eastern seaboard . |
| 21 | Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ? |
| 22 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 23 | Gandhi wrote to him on 14 February and asked for an interview . |
| 24 | When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 25 | She shut the window and stood for a moment , her hands still on the bottom bar of the sash , arrested by a sudden thought . |
| 26 | Then she opened the wardrobe and looked for a pair of high-heeled shoes . |
| 27 | He joined Guinness in 1952 as an Under Brewer and worked for a number of years on 24 hour shifts under the guidance of the late . |
| 28 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 29 | She replaced the phone in Bishop Julian 's hall and stood for a moment indecisively . |
| 30 | A traveller in Scotland went into a pub and asked for a pint of bitter . |