Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [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 | ‘ It 's probably only one of the local kids sneaking in for a look around , ’ Jessamy tried to reassure herself . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , yes , I was carried away for a moment there . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | KNOCKING AROUND for a while now . |
| 10 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 12 | He relaxed with a happy grunt , and we lay peacefully for a bit longer . |
| 13 | Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 16 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 17 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 18 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 19 | Hang on for a second please . |
| 20 | He holds pubs in thrall to his Welsh past — the stories which would be told afresh for a lifetime now emerge in their first edition — and his childhood , far from seeming a ball and chain in this airy court of privilege , glowed into a magic kingdom to match any of them . |
| 21 | Cos we 're only going away for a weekend then are n't we ? |
| 22 | I 'm going out for a minute anyway , . |
| 23 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I made excuses , said I thought he 'd be too busy and so on , so she said , ‘ Well , just pop round for a drink then . ’ |
| 25 | I going round for a collection too . |
| 26 | A snowflake touched the glass , stuck there for a moment then melted . |
| 27 | He came out of the clinic on 19 March having stayed there for a week longer than he had anticipated , and was once again forced to rest . |
| 28 | We walked round for a bit then we came back and watched The Bug-Eyed Monster Strikes Back on the television . |
| 29 | I used to go out for a drink now and again . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank you , but I do n't want to go out for a meal tonight . ’ |