Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 2 | ‘ She said she was just popping out for a minute , ’ she replied . |
| 3 | He tried to say this in a way that suggested that he was always ringing up for a natter about arsenic and thallium , that there was nothing odd about his request . |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 5 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 6 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 7 | In Melbourne on the afternoon of 8 February , 1983 , the sky was completely blacked out for a while . |
| 8 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |
| 9 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |