Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not talk for a minute or so , studiously examining every inch of the tablecloth or the other diners . |
| 2 | Nenna did not answer for a second , and Tilda bellowed : |
| 3 | There was only one way in , by the drawbridge and the gate-towers ; he had racked his brains for an alternative , but there was none , short of procuring an ally within the walls , and that idea he did not entertain for a moment . |
| 4 | On the dining-room walls today hang generations of Macleods ; Boswell and Johnson were entertained by the 23rd chief , Norman , who did not marry for a decade after the travellers stayed here . |
| 5 | But in the isolation that their riches had brought about , and in their serene acceptance that privilege was their due , they did not anticipate for a moment the press of people Don Antonio Beatillo 's idiosyncratic will would bring to their door . |
| 6 | The farmer did not reply for a moment , then he went up between the cows and gently rubbed Blossom 's forehead " Aye , this is the one , Jack . " |
| 7 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he did not sit for a degree . |
| 8 | He was diagnosed anti-depressants by his doctor but failed to take them and did not return for a check up two weeks later . |
| 9 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 10 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 11 | ‘ Was n't that terrific ? ’ she turned to Ven to eagerly exclaim — and felt her heart begin to race yet again when , his expression somehow gentle , he did not speak for a moment but just stood and looked at her . |
| 12 | ‘ Choose here and now whom you will worship , ’ Joshua challenged the people of Israel but did not pause for a reply : ‘ But I and my family , we will worship the Lord . ’ |
| 13 | It is important to be clear that the people of Denmark did not vote for a modification of the Treaty , as is sometimes suggested . |
| 14 | At the recent IWC annual meeting , Iceland and Brazil , both previously die-hard whaling nations , abstained from voting for a total ban on whaling , but did not vote for a continuance . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The man did not respond for a while , but pressed his fingers firmly into his eye sockets . |
| 17 | In fact this did not occur for a number of reasons . |
| 18 | He said because it had to cross the busy East Coast line at Darlington the timing was crucial and did not allow for a call at Allen 's West . |
| 19 | This game was n't a classic between two sides who have won the cup 14 times between them , but the adverse conditions under foot did not allow for a lot of skilful hockey . |
| 20 | I did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 21 | We asked her mother who , in spite of being Jewish and already in a precarious position , did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 22 | In the present case the debtor did not apply for a taxation of Marshalls ' bills within one month . |
| 23 | ( 3 ) Counsel rightly did not apply for a discharge of the jury following D 's evidence ; the judge gave a careful direction to the jury advising them not to be affected by what D said in relation to TJ and properly warned the jury of the dangers in identification evidence . |
| 24 | He nodded assent , and did not ask for a reason . |
| 25 | She did not look for a hotel . |
| 26 | Like the earlier pact which was due to due to expire in 1991 [ see pp. 36636 ; 34522-23 ] , the new agreement did not provide for a price support structure common to other commodity arrangements and favoured by the two largest jute producers , Bangladesh and India . |
| 27 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 28 | Sensibly he did not wait for a reply , since the possibilities were clearly endless . |
| 29 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 30 | Larkin wrote , and wrote well , but he did not write for a living . |