Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
2 | The B film was a Western starring Randolph Scott , and when that was over he would watch Jane Russell again , and somewhere in between he would eat his boiled egg and perhaps sleep for a while . |
3 | ‘ Things are starting to get much easier for the business person , although there 's still a big difference between setting up in Budapest , or Warsaw , or Prague , compared with somewhere in the country , where you may still have a long wait for a telephone connection . ’ |
4 | A long wait for a patient with bladder outflow obstruction for a specialist opinion is both undesirable and unacceptable . |
5 | Of course , it can be argued that the theoretical presumption of innocence in the West is frequently negated by the pressure , particularly in the lower courts , to ‘ plea bargain' , that is agree to plead guilty to a relatively minor charge and receive a relatively light sentence , rather than plead not guilty , endure a long wait for a trial ( possibly in custody ) and , if found guilty , receive a heavier sentence , although there always remains the chance of acquittal . |
6 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
7 | There was a long wait for an answer . |
8 | If you enviously yearn for a PC sound card but ca n't afford one , Guildsoft 's Icon Hear-It for Windows might be the answer . |
9 | But , even if the records only stand for a couple of weeks , Kapil wants two Indians on top at the same time . |
10 | Remember that when a probate or letters of administration constitute one of the title documents it 's unlikely in any event to be handed over , so look for a covenant for its production and if one is n't abstracted , make a requisition on the point , although you should note covenants for production are not necessary in deeds giving rise to first registration . |
11 | So look for a college which is accredited by CIFE or the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BAC ) . |
12 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
13 | The beautiful blooms only last for a day or two , but there 's a continuous succession from spring to autumn . |
14 | ‘ Enough exercise for a month . |
15 | ‘ Things went through smoothly , ’ he says , ‘ But now the terms have changed and payments only continue for a year . ’ |
16 | ‘ These people deliberately target places where people only go for a bit of entertainment . |
17 | C so go for a C first unless you 're sure |
18 | So Dave said well let's , you know , you sit and eat , and eat , he said let's get up Christmas present , have a couple of Christmas presents , going swimming ten till twelve , perhaps go for a walk over the common or something , |
19 | The bars here are unique in that unlike the rest of ‘ puritan ’ Germany , they only close for an hour a day to let the cleaners in ( many bars even pour drink through a loophole by cleaning half the bar at a time — prost ! ) |
20 | However , if you merely ask for a repetition of the number , it still may not be clear if it is fourteen or forty . |
21 | This is what I meant earlier : perhaps love for a writer is the purest , the steadiest form of love . |
22 | To me it seems that beauty , and indeed the qualities and forms which give rise to beauty , only exist for a consciousness . |
23 | Surely an 11 o'clock start for a 5,500m peak was n't quite serious ? |
24 | They literally bleed for a living . |
25 | OCTOBER 20th saw the first ever ‘ Academic Mass ’ held at the Cathedral in Lancaster and the fulfilment of a life long dream for a lady in Altrincham . |
26 | My patience snapped and I said : ‘ Do shut up and just listen for a moment . ’ |
27 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
28 | Just relax for a while . ’ |
29 | Next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door , just pause for a moment instead of reacting immediately . |
30 | If we just pause for a moment and look at the A C C digest that the papers see . |