Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went into my room at last , with our arms round each other , and in the doorway I stopped dead because I 'd forgotten what Toby had said about John and for a second I thought I was in the wrong room . |
| 2 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 3 | for a second I thought it might be a struggle . |
| 4 | For a second I glimpsed her wet , frightened face : then she was hurtling away from me , bouncing over the water like a rag doll , her arms and legs flailing . |
| 5 | For a second I think she must have gone mad , then she makes a really loud rude-noise with her lips , winks at me , points at the Monster and laughs . |
| 6 | My Adam 's apple swells in my throat , and for a second I think I 'm going to join her in tears . |
| 7 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |
| 8 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 9 | For a minute I thought my luck had changed and something good had happened , like Malpass had had a heart attack and I had a corpse in the back . |
| 10 | I 'm I 'm stuck for a word I 've I 've asked Angela , I ca n't explain to her what I mean it 's awful when you , when you got a word at the back of your mind it 's one of those words where ki , a kid ham anybody , any person can er , realise that something needs doing and do it without being told to do it . |
| 11 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 12 | So for a change I thought someone should write in for the fans . |
| 13 | ‘ For a while I thought we 'd go down because of it . |
| 14 | I crossed the road and walked casually along a few streets , and for a while I thought he 'd probably be following at a distance . |
| 15 | After talking to her for a while I asked her if she was English . |
| 16 | For a while I felt I was in heaven , eating and drinking in the warm , pretty room , with kind Miss Temple and Helen . |
| 17 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 18 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 19 | But I did the whole of Orkney for a while I did everything that could be done . |
| 20 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 21 | when I pay for a paper I want it to be complete , so I want that piece and I want that , that piece . |
| 22 | For a moment I heard its footsteps in something between a walk and a run , then it was gone . |
| 23 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 24 | For a moment I thought they were terrorists , but I was wrong , they were Political Branch operatives . |
| 25 | For a moment I thought it was Grandpa Tiao . ’ |
| 26 | The coach went past me , and for a moment I thought it was not going to stop . |
| 27 | To my left I saw the long purple curtains twitch in the window and for a moment I thought it was her just making sure I 'd gone . |
| 28 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
| 29 | Forget it , I said , For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook . |
| 30 | For a moment I thought he was joking . |