Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he might want to go out there for a little while |
| 2 | Therefore if during this first shopping trip of your preparation phase you want to pop in somewhere for a drink and a snack ( assuming that this is fairly usual for you ) , go ahead and do it . |
| 3 | Hello tape recorder , you seemed to go off there for a while , I 'm just checking that you 're still working again , thanks very much . |
| 4 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 5 | After my divorce , we seemed to get along better for a while . |
| 6 | The Saturday shift always seemed to drag on endlessly for the elderly night watchman and he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends . |
| 7 | Bodie said , ‘ I think I 'd like to hang on here for a bit . ’ |
| 8 | In the past , many students were so petrified about stalling that they could not be persuaded to hold off properly for the landing . |
| 9 | By 1907 however , trade was beginning to fall off again for the Edinburgh printing offices . |
| 10 | I had to go down there for the preview and then go down and bid . |
| 11 | The threat of unemployment , even for apparently ‘ qualified ’ people , was such that I had to cast round desperately for a job . |