Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel wondered if any film star would be discerning enough to employ him if he applied for a chauffeur 's job . |
| 2 | During the Depression Silver sold china and glass in Fifth Avenue , worked a petrol pump , and sold cigarettes wholesale ; but all this time he was collecting Walt Whitman ; he also studied for a Master 's degree in English at Boston University , which he was awarded in 1941 . |
| 3 | No one in Brussels knew that the French had invaded ; instead they prepared for a duchess 's ball while a fat Prussian major paid for his roast chicken , finished his wine , then ambled slowly northwards . |
| 4 | The Maharajah also paid for a warden 's cottage nearby ; a tiny octagonal building with just 3 rooms . |
| 5 | ‘ We simply paid for a month 's advertising which has not run out . ’ |
| 6 | Where she goes , there go I. Ron called for a Horse 's Neck , carefully noting its cost ( £3 ) in his pocket-book . |
| 7 | The shrine to three-year-old Johnathan Ball who died in the blast as he shopped for a Mother 's Day gift , grew yesterday . |
| 8 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
| 9 | We went for a week 's holiday at Salisbury . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 12 | George and Myra 's home is in Kilbarchan from where they left for a week 's honeymoon enjoying candle lit cruises and the splendours of Amsterdam . |
| 13 | When Alastair McHarg left for a month 's business trip to India last week , he left sevens supremo and club stalwart , Andy Cushing , along with Mike Lovett , in charge of the coaching until his return next month . |
| 14 | The Polish Parliament stood for a minute 's silence after approving unanimously a resolution which accused the Romanian authorities of ‘ exceptional brutality ’ leading to children being shot at and expressed solidarity with the ‘ victims of terror . ’ |
| 15 | His comments came at the start of the monthly meeting of Castlereagh Council last night where members stood for a minute 's silence in tribute to the four Catholic workmen killed in Castlerock and the two young victims of the IRA Warrington blast . |