Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | ‘ Thank you , but I do n't want to go out for a meal tonight . ’ |
| 3 | You do n't want to work hard for a year establishing your act , get offered a tour , and then find that your drummer wo n't give up his milk round . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 6 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 7 | ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’ |
| 8 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 9 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 10 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 11 | The practical tasks a carer has to carry out for a dementia sufferer are not necessarily , of course , the hardest part of care . |
| 12 | She wants to go away for a holiday , too . |
| 13 | they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day ! |
| 14 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 15 | Want to come in for a minute ? " |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 20 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 21 | Howard hugs her , and has to look away for a moment , he is so moved . |
| 22 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 23 | Durham Green Party has criticised the Government 's plan to stabilise carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 , and has called instead for a 50pc reduction . |
| 24 | The Old Swan has become home for a Sunday School class , in order to offer customers a spiritual experience of a different kind . |
| 25 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 26 | Matt has asked particularly for a device which can be interfaced with a computer so I have searched through my data library in order to find a short-list of suitable devices . |
| 27 | BOXER Michael Watson has gone home for a family Christmas to help with his recovery . |
| 28 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 29 | The Government allowed users a price cap as a transitional measure , but it has run only for a year , until March 1991 . |
| 30 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |