Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] for [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I NEVER thought for one moment that my life would become bound up with rivers .
2 Although the sides of the flysheet moved in high winds I never felt for one minute it would take off .
3 I spent so much effort and expense to outbid my rivals , I never stopped for one moment to consider if I really wanted the prize .
4 These schemes , which originally ran for one year , have now been extended to two years .
5 She only asked for one word to be removed . ’
6 We never dreamt for one moment it was the woman next door , ’ she said .
7 In Cairo on Oct. 24 , he then went for one day to Damascus , meeting President Assad of Syria , and returned unexpectedly to Egypt on Oct. 26 .
8 Certainly , he never looked for one moment as though there were a dose of castor oil beneath his nose .
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