Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun] without [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that a third party would be prepared to accept the commitments for a limited purpose without becoming a party to the treaty . |
| 2 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
| 3 | Fagin took what Sikes gave him , then stared at the robber for a long time without speaking . |
| 4 | Peter , ignoring his brother 's gibe about missing the sunsets , went to the window and stood gazing out for a long time without speaking . |
| 5 | This is a cave very accommodating for beginners in speleology and indeed for ordinary walkers with no such aspirations who , aided only by a torch , can penetrate quite easily for a hundred yards without meeting any difficulty . |
| 6 | And you 'd all got to get on , and stay on for a little while without touching the floor , then you could have another go . |
| 7 | Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss . |
| 8 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
| 9 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 10 | They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . |
| 11 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 12 | Martin Ward got to his feet , dusting off sand , and they held each others ' eyes for a few moments without speaking . |
| 13 | The root form has the ability to reproduce itself by parthenogenesis several times throughout the year for a few years without passing into another form . |
| 14 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 15 | Riding a bike is a suitable analogy : if you have been pedalling very hard for a while you can stop pedalling and freewheel for a short distance without losing any speed . |
| 16 | And with ‘ perfumed strips ’ now impregnated into the pages of so many magazines , it 's possible to try new scents for a single day without venturing further than your friendly newsagent . |
| 17 | And he was tired mentally , for once he addressed a bishops ' meeting for a whole hour without stopping . |
| 18 | How could it have held such a volume of water ( estimated to be about 10ml ) for a whole day without leaking ? |
| 19 | The advantage of single records is that they can be stored in CKD format — with separate keys — and the track can be scanned for a particular record without having to read unwanted records into main storage . |
| 20 | In some instances , it may be impossible for the teacher to select appropriate learning activities for a particular pupil without collecting more detailed information . |