Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boat was blown to glory , nothing was ever found of it except for a few bits of debris , and to all intents and purposes both occupants were blown to glory with it . ’ |
| 2 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 3 | Indeed , some main roads represent corridors of distribution ; objects like pottery are found along them and for a distance on either side , but the number of object-discoveries diminishes rapidly beyond a certain distance from the road . |
| 4 | Daly would be with him but for a paperwork problem , and is in Harrogate Town where Frank Gray is manager now . |
| 5 | You , my lady , will be here with us but for a short time , I understand — so pray be at ease , and treat this as your own abode . ’ |
| 6 | Then her arms went about him and there was a heat in her that for a moment matched his own . |
| 7 | The man stopped a foot away from him and for a moment or two William stopped struggling . |
| 8 | The anticipation drained from her and for a moment she stood irresolute . |
| 9 | When Ariel gently lifted the old woman to move her to her own quarters up the path in the forest , Sycorax gave a huge cry , the folding of her body in Ariel 's arms shot fiery rivers of pain through her that for a while swallowed up all the others she suffered from her burns . |
| 10 | Apart from reviews , nothing seemed to have been written about her except for a sympathetic article by Richard Strachey in the London Mercury . |
| 11 | And it seemed to her that for a moment his eyes ensnared her , as though he had reached out a hand and taken hold of her . |
| 12 | Oats and potatoes are grown for themselves and for a few cattle . |
| 13 | Wes smiled and looked up at me and for a moment the tough mask dropped from the grubby features and in the dark wild eyes I read sheer delight . |
| 14 | They looked at her and for a time no one said anything . |
| 15 | He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do . |
| 16 | Georg looked at her and for a moment she thought he was going to grab her , thought he was going to cry himself , but he suddenly stormed out of the dairy and began to stride up towards the lower pasture . |
| 17 | She looked at him and for a moment he thought that this time it was going to be easy , this time she would believe him and go to sleep . |