Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a commitment to a set of practical arrangements that should not for a minute outlive its usefulness . |
| 2 | Our struggle has taught us also that black workers must never for a moment entertain the thought of separate black unions . |
| 3 | And Rosalba roused her heavy , hollow limbs and submitted to the tasks , finding in the repetitiousness of domestic labours a lulling routine that could still for a time the kind of sickness she had contracted . |
| 4 | Indeed , some sorts of pollution may also for a time evade detection in the laboratory . |
| 5 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 6 | I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience . |
| 7 | It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States . |
| 8 | I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s . |
| 9 | Sir er sir the I think I would not for a moment argue that minerals considerations can be ove overriding in this matter . |
| 10 | An educated democracy would never for a moment be influenced by the ill-balanced ideas of the direct actionists . |
| 11 | He will not for a moment allow that the doctrine of justification through free grace , received by faith , can lead to antinomianism ( Rom. 6:1ff ) . |
| 12 | In our work we can not for a moment disregard them , yet we are never sure that we are seeing them clearly . |
| 13 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’ |