Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ .
2 IN SEPTEMBER , a group of 50 people met together for a week of prayer at Our Lady of Good Counsel , Leeds .
3 Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray .
4 The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas .
5 The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas .
6 Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market .
7 She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it .
8 He goes in for a sort of hall-of-mirrors self-impersonation , telling people how he would have done the murder if he had done it ( which he has ) .
9 If not , she could try to find somewhere for a cup of tea .
10 At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on .
11 However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term .
12 Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London .
13 He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green .
14 JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks .
15 The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China .
16 He used to come in for a couple of drinks .
17 If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome .
18 Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath .
19 ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself .
20 Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans .
21 and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days .
22 He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks !
23 The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied .
24 It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two .
25 But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket .
26 In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers .
27 Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football .
28 Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days .
29 Observation was carried out for a total of nine weeks in the offices of four solicitors .
30 Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one .
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