Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a second he thought that Howarth was about to demur . |
| 2 | For a second it seemed that he would be unable to respond , but then he found his voice . |
| 3 | For a second she thought that the lost one was lost no more and Barbs was back on the beat , but then she saw that the women were about to share a can of something and were clearly old mates . |
| 4 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
| 5 | If you work for a company which insists that you drive a particular brand of car , resign , first writing off the car in an accident in which two teenage hookers and a hallucinating macaw reach a rather untimely end . |
| 6 | Three brand-new full-price releases before Christmas is n't bad for a company who claimed that The Addams Family was definitely their last ever C64 release ! |
| 7 | For a while she thought that her visions had been a delirium , but then fell into an exhausted sleep when she received her sixteenth revelation in a dream which reassured her and made her deeply ashamed of her doubts . |
| 8 | For a while she believes that Peter Roche is a doer . |
| 9 | Before the last Test at the Oval , Gower exhorted his troops to ‘ one last , big effort ’ to avoid completely ignominy , and for a while it seemed that they might . |
| 10 | For a while it seemed that she might be right . |
| 11 | For a while it seemed that the whole black music scene had a fixation about penning songs with titles formed entirely around the same noun , Sam Cooke adding to his bank balance via ‘ Baby , Baby , Baby ’ ( 1963 ) while James Brown band singer Anna King and Bobby Byrd provides a classic of the same title during '64 . |
| 12 | After watching them for a while I suggested that they might try to keep most numbers constant and change just one . |
| 13 | For a moment I thought that the Secretary of State had reached his peroration . |
| 14 | Rodrigo , hearing of this , rushed to Alfonso 's aid and for a moment it seemed that the Emperor would relent and rescind El Cid 's banishment . |
| 15 | For a moment it seemed that he would protest , but then he got up . |
| 16 | She did not turn her head when Melissa entered and for a moment it seemed that she was unaware of her presence . |
| 17 | In the faintest of whispers the parents try to give comfort , try to quieten : for a moment it seems that they might even have to stifle . |
| 18 | After thinking for a moment he added that Wilner should go home so that if anything untoward happened he could ‘ tell people what it was ’ ! |
| 19 | For a moment he felt that it did not matter what he had promised Maidstone . |
| 20 | For a moment he thought that he had lost control , and the bank loomed at him . |
| 21 | For a moment he thought that he had felt something , an infinitesimal trembling of the earth . |
| 22 | For a moment he thought that he was looking at another river — black , smooth and straight between its banks . |
| 23 | For a moment he thought that Alexei was going to argue , but then he ducked his head quickly in the Khan 's direction and stared back at Rostov , cheeks flushed , expression angry . |
| 24 | For a moment he thought that a sprinkling of light fell wherever Fael-Inis walked , but as it touched the floor it vanished , and he could not be sure that he had seen it at all . |
| 25 | For a moment he thought that Terry was going to say something important , because his mouth started to form a word , but nothing came out . |
| 26 | She looked at him and for a moment he thought that this time it was going to be easy , this time she would believe him and go to sleep . |
| 27 | For a moment she regretted that she had n't tried harder to dissuade Rob from his plan . |
| 28 | For a moment she regretted that she had forfeited the supreme triumph of thrusting the diary entries in front of his face . |
| 29 | For a moment she thought that just might be the best thing to do . |
| 30 | For a moment she thought that he was going to hit her , but she continued looking at him mutinously , not caring what he did . |