Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 2 | I did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 3 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
| 4 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 5 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 7 | I did n't sleep for a week , and now you are raking it all up again . ’ |
| 8 | I did n't advertise for a partner but I went to the single 's and divorcee club and met my second husband and its magic the second time around . |
| 9 | ROBBIE I did n't hear for a while . |
| 10 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't come for a confession ! |
| 12 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 13 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 14 | I had also asked for a chair-lift and a motorised wheelchair , which have not arrived . |
| 15 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 16 | I had once played for a Media XI against the local club . |
| 17 | When I started work I regretted not going for a degree , but promised myself not to miss out . |
| 18 | ‘ And you did n't believe for a minute that I would agree and that 's why you said it . |
| 19 | Esther sent a card to Alix , too , but Alix 's mother forwarded it accidentally-on-purpose to the wrong address possibly because she did not care for a rather elaborate allusion to Lacrima Christi in the text , nor for the brightly coloured shiny modern Madonna which the card portrayed . |
| 20 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 21 | She did not look for a hotel . |
| 22 | She did not ring for a nurse because she did n't want to have to seem cheerful and she remembered from the two births of her live children , which had gone well , that this was a rule in hospitals . |
| 23 | She did n't reply for a moment , and he glanced at her anxiously . |
| 24 | But it was a bit of a coincidence when she walked out that day and er she did n't come for a week ! |
| 25 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 26 | She did n't wait for a reply , but spelled out the answer herself . |
| 27 | She did n't wait for a reply . |
| 28 | And she did n't wait for a reply . |
| 29 | In November 1990 , rather than seek re-election , she had unsuccessfully challenged for a Senate seat , running against the incumbent Democrat Paul Simon . |
| 30 | Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane . |