Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 2 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Should n't think so for a minute , knowing him . ’ |
| 4 | I should n't think so for a minute darling . |
| 5 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment , ’ said Rufus , whose speech grew more precise when he was drunk . |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment . ’ |
| 7 | If she would like the family and close friends to gather together for a meal or light refreshments after the service and committal , you will of course have prepared for this beforehand . |
| 8 | ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’ |
| 9 | Resting only for a second |
| 10 | She did not have to wait long for a train . |
| 11 | More so at that time when companies were culled from post-war part-blackout part-music hall Britain to cling together for a while on what usually became the wreckage of a production . |
| 12 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 13 | In the 1970s the police were often concerned with the need to keep apart two rival groups , each of which had gathered together for a demonstration in the same place and at the same time . |
| 14 | IN SEPTEMBER , a group of 50 people met together for a week of prayer at Our Lady of Good Counsel , Leeds . |
| 15 | Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray . |
| 16 | We lived together for a while . ’ |
| 17 | So much so that even when I had abandoned hopes of luring her into my narrow and uncomfortable bed , we frequently got together for a drink or a cheap meal . |
| 18 | A group of directors and employees got together for a discussion group and the resulting lively debate was recorded on a video currently doing the rounds of BNFL sites . |
| 19 | Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market . |
| 20 | It was already beginning to fill up with French businessmen , and Jean-Paul made purposefully for a table in the window . |
| 21 | It seems only apposite that he should hover so often on the edge of the ‘ pathetic fallacy ’ , as for instance in the assault on Caradhras , where Aragorn and Boromir insist the wind has ‘ fell voices ’ and that stone-slips are aimed , or on the bridge at Khazad-dûm , where Gandalf is ‘ like a wizened tree ’ , but the Balrog a mixture of fire and shadow , a ‘ flame of Udûn ’ — checked only for a moment by Boromir 's horn . |
| 22 | Jake checked only for an instant . |
| 23 | A ‘ money bill ’ , one dealing essentially with financial matters , can be delayed only for a month . |
| 24 | Let's begin by assuming that your plot actually has somewhere for a garage to stand . |
| 25 | If not , she could try to find somewhere for a cup of tea . |
| 26 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 27 | The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face . |
| 28 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 29 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 30 | pose endlessly for a photograph — |