Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At eleven o'clock Tony went for a drink , but the bottle was empty . |
| 2 | His dogs looked as if they might be dangerous and so Coetzee reached for a tried and tested method for solving the problem — strychnine . |
| 3 | Hitherto Switzerland accounted for a third of all hazardous waste imported into Britain . |
| 4 | Normally Rachel slept for a few hours after the feed and Carrie had made sure her husband knew what to do should the baby wake up before she got home . |
| 5 | They came to a simple fence which was crossed by a stile , and here Alina rested for a couple of minutes before going on . |
| 6 | Even Hepworth shifted for a while into distribution after losing a regular order from the US for up to 40 copies of every film he made . |
| 7 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 8 | Initially Mitterrand pressed for a rejection of the Senate 's amendments on the grounds that they amounted to an attempt to elevate the powers of the indirectly elected Senate to those of the directly elected National Assembly . |
| 9 | Until recently Germany accounted for a fifth of its total sales . |