Example sentences of "for [art] [det] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz joined JM in January 1990 working for the former Personnel Director , in Hatton Garden . |
| 2 | For the same reasons sex is better at weekends or on holidays because your sexual desires are not being swamped by the trivia of everyday life . |
| 3 | For the same reasons Trent was unable to visualise Belpan as a future gambling Mecca . |
| 4 | For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing . |
| 5 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 6 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 7 | For a few moments Rune regarded her in silence , a slight smile playing round his strong mouth , then he asked softly , ‘ What happened to our truce ? ’ |
| 8 | Eleanor looked as if he had actually hit her , and for a few moments Jessamy found herself feeling sorry for her . |
| 9 | For a few moments Sandison allowed himself to take in the figure before him and he ignored what had been said . |
| 10 | For a few moments Morse sat where he was . |
| 11 | For a few moments Leith felt transfixed — there seemed to be a hint of kindness in his look . |
| 12 | Quiet , steady and composed , Gavin was an ideal partner for skipper Jim Cannon at the heart of the Palace defence and , if the early '80s were a time when our back four was often under a lot of pressure , Gavin played his part in Palace 's revival at the end of the decade although , in spite of skippering our successful 1988–89 side for a few matches mid-season , he incurred yet another injury and was prevented from playing in all but the final three games . |
| 13 | For a few years funding for memory research became hard to come by . |
| 14 | For a few years chimpanzees raised in human households learn as well as human infants of the same age , but they soon reach the limit of their ability and are rapidly overtaken by human youngsters . |
| 15 | Temporarily for a few years trains could use that Thameslink line . |
| 16 | For a few days Osman could not bring himself to show his face in public and there was a noticeable lull in hostilities . |
| 17 | When Ashley Mountney work was slack , he could be released to help on the farm for a few days sheep shearing again . |
| 18 | For a few seconds Folly 's vivid imagination conjured up a fantasy in which the girl she had rescued had been named by a father desperate for a son … |
| 19 | He sensed my curiosity about how much the twins were worth , and for a few seconds reticence and candour fought across his face , but then he shrugged . |
| 20 | For a few seconds Jessamy sat there quietly fuming . |
| 21 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 22 | For a few weeks Oxford seemed like a normal city instead of a theme park . |
| 23 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |
| 24 | But he was reassured by the fact that the Dhah had promised that they were leaving only for a few weeks vacation . |
| 25 | I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or |
| 26 | For a few months Joanne stayed at home , but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence . |
| 27 | For a few months Hervey was one of those in day-to-day control of the royal administration . |
| 28 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |