Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she will glance ostentatiously at his watch , as if to indicate that an expected arrival is late for an appointment and if he happens to meet the glance of a passer-by , he will more often than not look once again at his watch and cast a long-suffering glance at heaven ; as if by recruiting sympathy for a familiar predicament he will pre-empt any suspicion of more suspect motives . |
| 2 | For a loathsome instant I felt her awkward quivering weight on my back as she found her feet , and her voice saying … |
| 3 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 4 | Short-term leases , if they do n't contain an absolute bar to assignment , commonly contain a covenant by the lessee not to assign the lease without the lessor 's licence , and usually provide that such licence shall not be unreasonably withheld — if such proviso is omitted , then acting for a prospective lessee you should always insert it in the draft . |
| 5 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
| 6 | For a split second he looked oddly vulnerable , but then he pushed himself up in the bed , her wary eyes lingered on the naked gold of his shoulders , and she quickly changed her mind . |
| 7 | For a split second he was unable to hide his anger , and she felt disappointed that he was only manipulating her . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't know if you could understand it , but it is a strange feeling for a sailor to sink a ship — for a split second you have the idea , should I or should n't I ? |
| 9 | For a split second she felt sorry about that . |
| 10 | For a split second she honestly thought Melissa was going to slap her face . |
| 11 | For a split second she seemed to metamorphose into Angy … |
| 12 | For a split second she thought he was going to ignore her , but he jerked his head round and his glance slid over her pale face . |
| 13 | For a split second I hesitated , uncertain . |
| 14 | And to be in the frame for a super prize you just have to answer ( on a postcard , please ) these two simple questions : |
| 15 | For a safer suntan you should know how the process works . |
| 16 | He opened his eyes in darkness and for a horrific moment he was completely adrift , not knowing what was happening or where — or who — he was . |
| 17 | For a stunned moment she could n't believe what she had heard , then she leapt to her feet , dark eyes blazing from an ashen face . |
| 18 | They also pointed out that in a competitive market for a homogeneous product it was to be expected that prices would be identical and follow each other closely . |
| 19 | For a weak moment she almost relented . |
| 20 | In his wish for a healthy city he was becoming more and more aware of rural virtues and leaning towards the sort of suspect organicism which would be developed with a vengeance by Leavis . |
| 21 | Fifty two year old Agnes Smith does n't need to lose anything like that amount , but as part of our search for a healthy lifestyle she 's agreed to try this form of group therapy . |
| 22 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 23 | He dipped his head towards her , and for a breathless moment she thought he was about to kiss her . |
| 24 | For a limited period they 're being offered an alternative to prosecution … it 's a short , sharp lesson on the dangers of speeding . |
| 25 | If the money remains unclaimed for a certain time it is returned to the finder . |
| 26 | For a separate amount they purchased the exhibition package from Memphis including cases , mounts , architecture , logo , transparencies , etc . |
| 27 | For a frozen second she was back in reality , just a second , before the core of power erupted within her , spraying up molten gobbets of light from every pore of her body , from the base of her spine to the centre of her mind . |
| 28 | To look for a dose-response relation we grouped the patients according to the number of cigarettes they smoked a day : none , 1–10 , 11–20 , and >21 . |
| 29 | For a married couple they were reckoned to be between 50 and 60 per cent of post-tax earnings in France , Germany and the United States , about one-third in Britain and Italy , and probably barely one-fifth in Japan . |
| 30 | ‘ For a married person it is n't something you can do without the support of your partner . |