Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagination and reality fused and for a second the sense of foreboding intensified . |
| 2 | She did not turn her head when Melissa entered and for a moment it seemed that she was unaware of her presence . |
| 3 | At the request of local residents the Parish Council has also asked for street lighting to be installed and for a speed limit to be introduced along part of this road . |
| 4 | She looked down at hands that trembled and for a moment she considered taking the dress off and forgetting the whole idea . |
| 5 | I remember in my young days — ’ She stopped and for a moment they sat quietly , both thinking of past Christmases when their parents and grandparents had been alive . |
| 6 | Marc stopped laughing and for a moment his eyes darkened . |
| 7 | His head was shaven but for a topknot . |
| 8 | No longer would a viewer pay for what he/she did not watch or for a service which he/she did not use . |
| 9 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 10 | Now more clouds were being arranged and for a moment he could swear that a shrouded figure was distinguishable , arm outstretched , pointing , accusing , a lamentation of rage . |
| 11 | But then they fall asleep , and Gollum returns , to see and for a moment to love and aspire to the ‘ peace ’ he sees in their faces . |
| 12 | Lisabeth asked and for a moment I thought he was going to slam the door on us . |
| 13 | It is now proposed that the rarely exercised power of the House to imprison be abolished and for a power for the Commons to impose a fine ( as can the House of Lords ) to be substituted . |
| 14 | When the academies opened their doors to women in 1919 the association changed its curriculum to offer preparatory courses , the drawing teachers ' course was closed and for a while they placed emphasis on the trade-oriented forms , like book-binding which was also started later at the state school . |
| 15 | When he did , his eyes narrowed and for a moment Kelly thought he was going to bound across the room and hit her . |
| 16 | J.M. Sinclair put forward at Coloma College ( and elsewhere in print ) an analogy between preparation for teaching and for a range of medical and para medical employment . |
| 17 | He went into his room and put on a record while he decided what to do and for a time became lost in the music . |
| 18 | She started to read and for a moment lost her rigid self-consciousness in admiring delight at her own writing , its clarity and generosity . |
| 19 | His voice broke and for a moment he stood silent , then , very quietly , he added , ‘ You will always be my guiding star . ’ |
| 20 | Lakeside resident Denton Bell said : ‘ Will we have to wait for somebody to die or for a building to burn down before something is done ? ’ |
| 21 | Everyone in the street stared and for a moment it was pretty embarrassing . |
| 22 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
| 23 | The sun was up , the dark clouds disappeared and for a moment she breathed easy . |
| 24 | Fists were thrown and for a while things began to get very ugly . |
| 25 | Andrew did n't smile and for a second his eyes locked with Benedicta 's . |
| 26 | A year ago he had a heart by-pass which had to be re-done and for a while totally lost his sight because of a clot in the blood supply to the eyes . |
| 27 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 28 | The older woman 's face puckered and for a moment Ruth thought she might cry — which was unthinkable in Miss Beard . |
| 29 | When her husband began to sing a little , snapping his fingers in rhythm , she smiled and for a moment looked like a young girl again ; but the barman came immediately and reminded them that singing was not permitted . |
| 30 | Frequent reference has been made to a vote being taken and for a majority of meetings this will be by a show of hands for and against the motion , the Hon. |