Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 2 | And it 's being pencilled in for the weekend after Wigan are due to defend their world sevens title in Sydney on February 5-7 . |
| 3 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's probably only one of the local kids sneaking in for a look around , ’ Jessamy tried to reassure herself . |
| 5 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 6 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 7 | ‘ Sorry , yes , I was carried away for a moment there . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |
| 10 | They are cared for by the shepherds , who would once have come up for the summer along with the animals , and slept in their traditional , bleak little cabins ; nowadays , they are for the most part motorized and can commute genteelly to the livestock from their homes below . |
| 11 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 12 | We were in Glasgow last weekend , and were quite chuffed when Ewan consented to come out for a walk just with us two , as he clings to Joyce a bit at the moment . |
| 13 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |
| 14 | KNOCKING AROUND for a while now . |
| 15 | However , such a detailed service is usually organised primarily for the consumer rather than for the media , though answering press queries will be part of its function . |
| 16 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 18 | He relaxed with a happy grunt , and we lay peacefully for a bit longer . |
| 19 | Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out . |
| 20 | But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’ |
| 21 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 22 | As the fans tune in and line up for the battle ahead . |
| 23 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 24 | A search for discrepancies was agreed to be the best avenue of research and one of the more convincing arguments put forward for the work not to be genuine was that the Kouros combines stylistic elements that run from early to late sixth century BC . |
| 25 | Mm , er what to think , oh I ca n't think of any words , oh we 're going to go off for an interview now anyway . |
| 26 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 27 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 28 | Hang on for a second please . |
| 29 | We 'll plot and plan together for the day when it 's opportune to strike ! ’ |
| 30 | Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether . |