Example sentences of "for a [noun] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 2 | My parents are going to France at Christmas and erm I do n't wan na go with them really and nor does Digby so he , Digby 's gon na come and stay just for a bit and my house it has to be empty and Foxy 's coming round to stay . |
| 3 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 4 | He went quietly into Chrissy 's room , stopping inside the door for a minute until his eyes adjusted to the dimness . |
| 5 | As she hesitated for a split-second when her escape was barred by the dancers , Roman caught up with her , grabbed her arm , hauled her to a standstill . |
| 6 | ‘ Not seemly , ’ she observed , her eyes dancing with merriment , for a widow and her parish priest to be laughing so loudly in church at the expense of his parishioners ! |
| 7 | — acting for a driver and his/her passengers in connection with a road accident . |
| 8 | But this was a job fit for a Princess and her link with part of Oxford 's academic world may soon be permanent . |
| 9 | The reasons for a separation and its temporary nature can be explained to a ten-year-old child , so that anxiety can again be minimised . |
| 10 | Erm they 're the they 're there for a purpose and their size is there for a purpose in terms of er of the constrictions of the other road er sizing or whatever , and obviously huge vehicles who just ca n't possibly manoeuvre without going over . |
| 11 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 12 | Hunt was able to continue for a while but his car was severely damaged and the race was stopped . |
| 13 | Some of the journals continued for a while until their organisers were arrested . |
| 14 | We stood in the doorway for a while until our eyes adjusted to the darkness and then , stooping low to avoid the worst of the smoke , we made our way through the crowd to a space that had been cleared for us close to the fire . |
| 15 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 16 | For about three weeks I sat constantly for about four hours a day with Dawn perched on my fist , watching TV or listening to the radio , quietly trying to make it seem as if this were the most natural thing in the world for a boy and his owl to be doing . |
| 17 | Sometimes , people in ancient places , in flashes of paranormal imagination , see once again the Forum in Pompeii as it must have been a few days before Mount Etna 's eruption ; or — was it Freud 's or Jung 's story ? — musicians in a Rhenish Schloss , playing clavichords for a duke and his family . |
| 18 | While you are pregnant , and for a year after your baby is born , you can get free prescriptions for your medicines . |
| 19 | I know one boy who was on drugs for a year before his parents found out . ’ |
| 20 | A government resolution which would transform the mutual debts of state enterprises into " transferable long-term bonds " , to circulate for a year until their conversion into shares , was put to the Supreme Soviet on June 26 together with the budget statement . |
| 21 | But you see I am as good for a man as my sister Barbara is for a woman . |
| 22 | The drafting of satisfactory consultancy provisions is not without difficulty : it is not always easy to predict an individual 's suitability for a consultancy until his normal retirement date is near , and younger partners may press for some overriding veto . |
| 23 | ‘ Black 5 ’ on loan for a period once our line is operational ! |
| 24 | ( You had better find a cleverer central device for a book than my example , though . ) |
| 25 | For example , a short-term foster placement was used for a mother and her four handicapped children while work was undertaken with the father in relation to his plans for himself and his family . |
| 26 | This servant had asked for a physic as his mistress was unwell . |
| 27 | After evidence came to light that some members of the Society had committed suicide by following methods described in the booklet , the Attorney-General sought to dissuade the Society from further dissemination of the Guide by applying to the High Court for a declaration that its publication amounted to the crime of aiding and abetting suicide . |
| 28 | Mr. Page then petitioned the visitor for a declaration that his purported dismissal was ultra vires and of no effect . |
| 29 | Jennifer had finished her shopping and , pausing to look at her watch , realised that she had time for a coffee before her train left . |
| 30 | So Zuwaya said it was indecent for a father and his sons to listen together to women drumming at circumcisions , or to go to weddings together — even to speak about weddings to each other . |