Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 2 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 3 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 4 | I dashed out to the landing and ran into Siegfried , who stared wide-eyed at me for a moment before galloping downstairs . |
| 5 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 6 | Be impure with me for a while . |
| 7 | No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ? |
| 8 | You go stupid on yourself for a moment , as the luck wobbles , threatens to fly away and leave you ; you stare at the place where he was , lying curled up , tied up in front of the door ; you stare at the empty stretch of carpet , dumbly , as if staring will help . |
| 9 | When she finally had to put down my old cat Mrs , she said afterwards , ‘ Would you like to stay and be alone with her for a while ? |
| 10 | While we are there could you excuse yourself , leave me alone with her for a short while . |
| 11 | There have been some most tempting glimpses of it when you have become excited about a design or angry with yourself for a failure to meet your own high standards . ’ |
| 12 | The first questions that you brought up was , if possible I would be very grateful to you for a brief description of the two raids to Gdynia Pole ninth of October in Colesfield tenth of October nineteen forty three . |
| 13 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 14 | Voluntary Severance that staff will have individual voluntary Severance options made available to them for a limited period . |
| 15 | We 'll be travelling down under to Australia , and coming live to you for a whole week from Sydney . |
| 16 | These primary qualities are insufficient by themselves for a physical thing , however , since they are possessed by a volume of empty space . |
| 17 | As Sir Alan Richmond recalls it : ‘ we were very hot on sandwich courses , almost dogmatic about it for a time ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I was worried about you for a while . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was fun getting imperious with you for a moment , though . ’ |
| 20 | They were amused by him for a while but he did n't keep his place . |
| 21 | After the Turkish conquest of most of Hungary in the 1520s and 1530s the Hungarian nobles who had then fled westwards often still maintained claims to their former lands and even asserted their right to live tax-free on them for a limited period and to levy feudal dues in them . |
| 22 | She was desperate for more of him ; her body ached for fulfilment , for the feel of his need and strength inside — so that when he entered her , when she felt that first wondrous thrust , which brought both pleasure and pain , it was as she 'd always dreamed , and as his urgent rhythm continued , bringing them both to that glorious peak of exhilaration , Robyn cried out his name , held him close to her for a moment and wished things could be like this forever . |
| 23 | Kyle pretended to gaze around the carriage , his eyes lingering on her for a moment . |