Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [noun sg] 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 | He had come in for a book of stamps , and when he had got it he joined Breeze , who was waiting on the Green . |
| 13 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 18 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 25 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 28 | Observation was carried out for a total of nine weeks in the offices of four solicitors . |
| 29 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 30 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |