Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 3 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 4 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 5 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 6 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 7 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 8 | AN EERIE silence will descend on the steel town of Motherwell next weekend when the big Ravenscraig strip mill winds down for a long and unwelcome seasonal break . |
| 9 | One admires the results as one might standing back for a painted landscape , yet I miss the sensation of really ‘ being there ’ . |
| 10 | But fortunately at that moment her gynaecologist called in for a brief visit and Brian went off to the nursery . |
| 11 | And , he 's , she s keeps on at him all the time , he 's never taken a photograph of the place laid out for a big dinner . |
| 12 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 13 | The sing-song lumbered along for a little while but it appears that the ‘ Ball of Kirriemuir ’ has been removed from the Examination Syllabus . |
| 14 | The eruption of Krakatoa has some parallels in these respects , for after an impressive opening , the eruption dragged on for a full three months before reaching its climax on 26 and 27 August . |
| 15 | Furthermore , even if a woman paid in for a full pension she had to pass the ‘ half test ’ ; that is , she had to work for at least half of her married life before she could count in her contributions both before and after marriage ( Groves , 1983 , pp. 45–7 ) . |
| 16 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 17 | You had to be careful walking home , not walk like a zombie , sticking your arms out with your fingers like a baby stretching out for a dropped dummy . |
| 18 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 19 | THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while . |
| 20 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 21 | In June 1968 , at their first meeting , Ceauşescu shrewdly let a twenty minute courtesy call run on for a flattering two and a quarter hours . |
| 22 | If , it appears , you tell a subject to watch out for a certain item in a series of random sights the subject will seldom be able to recall whatever immediately preceded the watched-for item . |
| 23 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 24 | If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application . |
| 25 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
| 26 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 27 | Like a miniature adult , his head bows slightly and his small hand comes up for a firm adult shake . |
| 28 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 29 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 30 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |