Example sentences of "for a [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but it 's a lot in n it for a film that you never know is gon na |
| 2 | If it was for a film and it was a good part , then yes I would . |
| 3 | It was foolish to cry for a dream but it was always so real , and knowing it was only her imagination did n't make it any less painful . |
| 4 | So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 7 | and erm if you listen to things on the radio they they have at the end of a sentence or at the end of some sentence quite a pause for a second before they go on |
| 8 | It seems hard to believe that we flower children of the 1960s and 1970s never doubted for a second that we would eventually find fulfilling jobs . |
| 9 | She flinched , fearful for a second that he 'd read her mind . |
| 10 | It 's a frustrating affair though — do n't think for a second that you can breeze through this game ; think yourself lucky if you get past the first few levels ! |
| 11 | A bead of moisture clung , and she squeezed her eyes shut for a second lest she reach out and lick it away . |
| 12 | I wonder for a second if he could ever rape anyone . |
| 13 | I 'll just try it on just for a se , for a second if you do n't mind . |
| 14 | but only for a second as he sets off |
| 15 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 16 | The first arose out of the practice announced in Mr. Brittan 's statement of 30 November 1983 of seeking the views of the judiciary on the tariff for a prisoner when he had been detained in custody for about three years . |
| 17 | An ankle tendon injury , suffered at practice on the very day he completed his century at Durham , side-lined Smith for a fortnight but he is most certainly a name to watch this summer . |
| 18 | And then do that for a fortnight so she still did n't have any money . |
| 19 | My illness kept me out of action for a fortnight so it was fully three weeks after the demise of my job before I finally went down to my local Department of Employment offices and ‘ signed on ’ . |
| 20 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |
| 21 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 22 | New boys were excused fagging for a fortnight until they had found their feet . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've given up my life for a fool and he 's never even noticed it . |
| 24 | four pounds for a dance if I 'm not coming |
| 25 | At one stage she had suggested that he leave for a vacation and she stayed being , heading a Regency Council . |
| 26 | ‘ And it came as a bit of a shock when Roger bought me some anti-wrinkle cream and volunteered to pay for a face-lift if I ever wanted one ! |
| 27 | Not dear Julia 's pretty little girl , or David 's daughter who keeps hanging round the theatre , nor even Brian 's big sister who 'd lend the gang a quid for a video if they were skint . |
| 28 | ‘ If you 've some crazy notion in that muddled excuse for a brain that I 've got designs on your person , allow me to disabuse you of it right now , ’ he told her bluntly , bringing hot , but thankfully invisible , colour to her cheeks . |
| 29 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 30 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |