Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 2 | Fallon , also enjoying the most important success of his career , said : ‘ The stands ’ side led us for a furlong , but our side was in command after that . ’ |
| 3 | The President regarded him for a moment and Trent thought that the old man might rally . |
| 4 | His glance met hers for a brief , breathtaking moment , before he started forward , his stride slow , and rangy . |
| 5 | A journalist interviewed him for a book about his family , and when The Nielsons appeared , it made no mention at all of his professional life . |
| 6 | She let the stranger touch her for a minute , and then the woman bent and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 7 | A pale blue light puzzled him for a moment , until he realised that it was the Calor gas stove in the galley . |
| 8 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 9 | Or the more punchy ‘ How would you like to buy some shares in Gibbs Building Contractors — ‘ Do n't pick your contractor/ By throwing a dice/ Bring GIBBS into the game/ Ask us for a price ’ . ’ |
| 10 | The light dazzled us for a bare ten years with its brilliance , before it was extinguished . |
| 11 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
| 12 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him . |
| 13 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 14 | In 1954 the publishing firm Methuen approached him for a Christmas card , as did the National Marriage Guidance Council , the latter printing 6,700 copies of his design . |
| 15 | if the gallery accepts you for a solo exhibition , they will normally organise everything and bear the costs of running and advertising it . |
| 16 | If they are purchased through a large department store , the shop will send an expert to fix them for a small extra charge . |
| 17 | Wahono , general chair of Golkar ( the ruling Functional Group Centre or Golongan Karya Pusat ) , announced on Oct. 20 that President Suharto had agreed to Golkar 's plan to nominate him for a sixth five-year term as president . |
| 18 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 19 | ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term . |
| 20 | She flounced out of the kitchen , her normal poise and learned elegance deserting her for a moment , and quickly changed into her bikini in the bedroom , her mind buzzing with thoughts of Piers Morrison , and none of them very pleasant . |
| 21 | His gaze held hers for a moment , then , turning abruptly , he went out . |
| 22 | Our yachts are well maintained , so much so that we offer generous guarantees of compensation if rare failure immobilises you for a day . |
| 23 | And yesterday he called their refusal to consider him for a factory floor job ‘ pathetic and ridiculous ’ . |
| 24 | She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride . |
| 25 | Tiny children , barefoot and dirty , tried to generate enough courage to touch us for a few fils ’ . |
| 26 | Daddy take you for a bath ? |
| 27 | Horsler 's appointment to control British Coal 's marketing strategy came amid reports that his business experience as national contracts director suited him for a negotiating role . |
| 28 | Her husband left her for a job in the Arabian Gulf one year ago , and apart from regular maintenance , neither she nor the children have heard from him since . |
| 29 | A stunning young woman whose husband left her for a woman twenty years older than himself , never forgave him for it . |
| 30 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |