Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 2 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 3 | It was boring in the passage but also , it proved , necessary , as one or two passengers came back for a look at the corpse . |
| 4 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 5 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 6 | So we sort of switched all around now , so she eats with us at half past six stroke seven , goes up for a bath at seven thirty , eight o'clock and she 's in bed by nine , then she , she 's usually asleep by half past ten , but eh , it seems to have cured the problem we had with her , wanting , wanting me all the time , after she 's gone to bed . |
| 7 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 8 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 9 | The couple , who want to remain anonymous but live near Darlington , signed up for a unit at Sutton Hall , near Thirsk , last June . |
| 10 | If you really do n't feel like coming up for a smear at that time , that 's fine and we 'll understand why . |
| 11 | Just to keep fit , or as he said ‘ to warm up for a day at Sekers ’ he swims about three miles each week . |
| 12 | Paddy looked down for a moment at Joey , who beamed up at him , ‘ We gon na play checkers , Paddy ? ’ he called out suddenly and laughed . |
| 13 | He looked back for a moment at the Minister 's procession stalled at the roadblock . |
| 14 | She 's not like thirty four weeks and the baby 's only twenty six and she 's got to stay in for a week at Southwood , then come home weekends and go back in . |
| 15 | His eyes lit up for a moment at that . |
| 16 | Another top rock outfit , AEROSMITH , have signed up for a show at the Point Depot in Dublin on October |
| 17 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |