Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Hartlepool striker Ricardo Gabbiadini , 22 , younger brother of Marco , has signed for a month 's trial , with a view to a possible longer-term deal .
2 When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver .
3 Yorkshireman Martin Sterne , from Ripon , had come for a week 's golfing holiday with three friends , bringing their own golf professional with them from England .
4 John Mumford had been a curate in the Church of England with a significant ministry and had gone for a year 's sabbatical to California .
5 I have to say , myself , you know I feel one of the worst thing you can call a man in the English language is a term that 's used for a women 's genitalia .
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