Example sentences of "[verb] for a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 2 | Do n't think for a minute I 'm jealous . |
| 3 | He should think for a moment what that means . |
| 4 | Eventually , well into the afternoon , we found the route — but had to wait for a couple who pushed in front claiming they were ‘ HVS climbers ’ and would not take long . |
| 5 | First she wanted to learn and see , she wanted to wait for a man who did things and was something on his own . |
| 6 | They were only caught after being stopped for a burglary they did n't commit . |
| 7 | Like all new lovers they made love all night , laughed , stopped for a cigarette whose smoke tantalised in the lazy glow of the room . |
| 8 | And he was a wounded pensioner er and he , he applied for a grant which you , which er a wounded soldier in the First World War could get if you had a pension he could get a grant of that pension to learn a trade . |
| 9 | When they decide to go for a swim there 's a real rigmarole because of the presence of the English girl . |
| 10 | The second leg of our yankee is the eight forty five , well this is a sprint race ; two fifty metres , only erm only go round two bends , and therefore you have to have some erm early pace sort of erm greyhounds , and I 'm going to go for a trap one here , Chair Boy 's Blue , he 's already won plenty over this erm shorter trip . |
| 11 | I mean they 're paying for us to go for a meal you ca n't go dressed like |
| 12 | It was about two-thirty , however , when she had need to go for a file which Jimmy would , had he been there , have fetched for her in no time . |
| 13 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 14 | with old age , he wants to go for a walk you 've been walkies today ? |
| 15 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 16 | During the academic year , the Institute runs special programmes , free of charge , on behalf of the University , for postgraduate students registered for a degree who need help with improving their English . |
| 17 | Police have been using a helicopter and tracker dogs to search for a man who attempted to grab a young boy . |
| 18 | You can buy just about everything you ever need in Funchal , but you may have to search to find it — many shops may just recently have run out of the very product you want , so that you have to search for a shop which still has old stock until more is imported . |
| 19 | Rostov used the moment to search for a formula which would ease his passage through the final introduction . |
| 20 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 21 | Where judgment is given for a sum which exceeds £200 and represents or includes damages in respect of personal injuries , or in respect of a person 's death , the court must include in that sum interest on those damages or on such part of them as the court considers appropriate , unless the court is satisfied that there are special reasons why no interest should be given ( ibid , s 69 ) . |
| 22 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 23 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 24 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 25 | The successful schemes were unsentimental and transcended the apparent dilemma posed by the design brief which asked for a building which related to preformed and powerful sensibilities and beliefs about life and death and which is also required to be effectively energy conscious . |
| 26 | He hesitated only briefly before he said , ‘ Because it asked for a reservation I have no wish to make . |
| 27 | For example , women have described to researchers how it is difficult to cut down on food when cooking for a partner who expects meat with his main meal ( Charles and Kerr , 1986 ) . |
| 28 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 29 | Once it evaporated and Darren Wassle was eventually dismissed for a crime which bore no resemblance to the magnitude of the sentence , well Palace must have fancied their chances . |
| 30 | Many of these Whig Jacobite tracts can be said to reflect commonwealth principles , in the sense that they argued for a monarchy which would be severely limited . |