Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So will I ask you for forty-two pounds today and then not come near you for a month ? ’ |
| 3 | Then nothing for a bit , then perhaps ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ , or , ‘ Before Cabinet on Thursday … |
| 4 | Even so , I have noticed that the feeding pattern still follows the usual course in that you catch barbel for a spell ( maybe only one or two fish ) then nothing for a spell , and so on . |
| 5 | ‘ I put it there myself for an emergency like this . |
| 6 | about that then what for a holiday or |
| 7 | ‘ User Friendly did absolutely nothing for a week after the St Leger and got so full of herself that we nearly had to tie her down , ’ smiled Clive . |