Example sentences of "for a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believing , at that time , that the source of psychologism was the idea that no objective treatment of the logic of ampliative inference was possible — together with the desire for a logic which treats all forms of inference in a systematic fashion — he set out to provide an appropriate definition of truth , and of validity , and thus to offer a systematic objective foundation for logic . |
| 2 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 3 | Grandad went to work for a farmer who was rather an old skinflint . |
| 4 | In the two months prior to writing this chapter , my counselling has involved one thirteen-year-old babysitter for a coven who was drugged and sexually abused for two years before eventually plucking up the courage to tell her parents . |
| 5 | Ards fell behind in the first five minutes when uncertain defence allowed left wing Bell in for a try which was converted from the touchline by Barnes . |
| 6 | Mark Moncrieff gave Gala a lifeline when he raced in from the 22 for a try which Jim Maitland converted . |
| 7 | If this were an outline for a novel it would probably be rejected as too far-fetched . |
| 8 | The organisers were looking for a nurse who could show how her work — both before and after the changes brought in with the New Contract — had helped her patients . |
| 9 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 10 | For comparison , Toglia , Payne , Nightingale and Ceci ( 1989 ) found that the threat of taking a blood sample alone did not appear to affect overall levels of performance at list learning , face recognition for a nurse who did not in fact take a blood sample or cued recall for an earlier conversation . |
| 11 | It 's fine if all year round you carry the bag of a genuine superstar , who might win £500,000 ; but a caddie who works for a golfer who is outside the top twenty in the Order of Merit will not exactly be reaching for the champagne every night . |
| 12 | For a second something stopped dead in me , as if paralysed by feeling his pain on top of my own ; then we groped forward in one mutual movement and fell into each other 's arms . |
| 13 | For a second they glared at each other . |
| 14 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured , and for a second they stood there , regarding each other watchfully , the tension straining between them . |
| 15 | For a second her eyes looked moist . |
| 16 | She rests her head on my shoulders for a second her body shaking with sobs . |
| 17 | For a second her eyes searched his face in case there was a vestige of suspicion left , but he held her close , fingers running continually through her tousled mop of blonde hair , lips pressuring her face and neck as if he could never touch her enough . |
| 18 | Just for a second her determination not to look at Luke wavered , and she felt her temper rise when she saw the amusement on his face . |
| 19 | For a second we were close and I saw his eyes . |
| 20 | For a second their glances leapt to meet each other , locking for a heart-stopping moment in a recognition that seemed more than merely superficial . |
| 21 | For a second everyone went quiet . |
| 22 | For a second nobody moved or spoke . |
| 23 | For a second nobody moved . |
| 24 | For a second he was in two minds about it . |
| 25 | For a second he thought the two of them were going to turn on him and hit him . |
| 26 | He was frankly baffled and for a second he wavered . |
| 27 | Sam thought for a second he could smell damp straw — ’ … and carried many miles to a place they have never seen before and from which they can never return . |
| 28 | For a second he could see every detail of the men 's faces at the bow cannon . |
| 29 | For a second he blacked out , coming to as something big rammed into his back . |
| 30 | I thought for a second he was going to burn it , but instead he tore it into tiny scraps that he tossed into the warm wind . |