Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also perfectly in order to say , ‘ May I think about that for a moment ? ’ before answering a question , although clearly it would become rather tedious if you said that every time . |
| 2 | You have to sit back and think about this for a moment to sort out what 's going on . |
| 3 | Okay so we 've got thirteen pounds forget about that for a minute and then fifty pence . |
| 4 | Britain , to which the other West European states had looked after 1945 for a lead , was , if any further evidence had been required , clearly in the wings . |
| 5 | I try walking like that for a bit . |
| 6 | ‘ You should be able to stand like that for a week before the nerve implants get tired . |
| 7 | The group had wanted to work with Albini for a while and were pleased when Korda Marshall suggested the liaison . |
| 8 | There are , of course , instances in other areas of the law where such opinion is ignored , and where one searches in vain for a reasoned articulation of justification based on sound policy , but they usually serve as food for the argument that in so doing the law becomes an ass . |
| 9 | Since each is an Sbus , four cards can be added in each for a total of 40 I/O channels in a fully rigged machine . |
| 10 | Having housed a wartime officers ' mess and a succession of families , the house had undergone a motley array of alterations since it was remodelled in 1800 for a local mill owner . |
| 11 | Finally , Rao in 1991 reported in abstract for a series of 27 and 19 patients followed for three and two years respectively , 7% of which developed cholestasis . |
| 12 | One looks in vain for a similar geographical situation at the present day . |
| 13 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , what do you think of that for a situation ? |
| 15 | Fire , fire , is that , what do you think of that for a start , fire , fire . |
| 16 | Do n't , let let let's just think of that for a moment as an experience , erm , as far as money is concerned . |
| 17 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |
| 18 | I have searched in vain for a weak performance in these ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ sets . |
| 19 | The Oxford Messiah is a special version of Handel 's original work and was written in 1749 for a one-off performance at the the Sheldonian . |
| 20 | Prokofiev , in the final piece of the evening , showed what to do with that kind of thing : his Overture on Hebrew themes , written in 1919 for a group pretending to raise funds for a conservatory in Jerusalem but in fact trying to feed themselves , just sets the tunes in a concise sonata form , and preserves all their humour and charm with hardly a suspicion of the composer intruding . |
| 21 | We walked a couple of blocks , looking in vain for a cab . |
| 22 | This was a large house built in 1786 for a merchant of the East India Company and had been the home of Sir Noel Paton , a famous Scottish artist . |
| 23 | Some date back to the 13th century , and The Sign of the Angel hotel was built in 1480 for a wool merchant . |
| 24 | The memorandum also refers to included drawings and details of a lift scheme prepared in 1886 for a canal near Manchester , but not built . |
| 25 | When an offer came in 1963 for a play that was as different from a ‘ Carry On ’ as a lunch at the Grill and Cheese was from one at Le Caprice , he hesitated — and went on holiday . |
| 26 | He was a Vitalist , searching in vain for a mysterious life force . |
| 27 | Desperately she tried to unscramble the confusion in her brain , searching in vain for a way to handle the situation , and it was sheer impulse that made her say , ‘ I came here to meet you — the wild man of the wilderness . |
| 28 | If the Government approves the company 's bid , an application will be made in 1991 for a parliamentary bill . |
| 29 | He was looking to 1993 for a further drive into fresh markets . |
| 30 | I was thought of as rather gallant and dashing , and I played on this for a long time , emphasizing the cruelty and hardship aspects of the camp , and skating over the boredom and hunger , which were what I chiefly remembered . |