Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | UB may be pencilled in for a show in the King 's Hall on January |
| 2 | Chris , tall , lithe and manly , strips off and goes in for a swim in his panda-briefs . |
| 3 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 4 | I 'll have booked in for a course in Bristol starting in September — an art course , no one cares what art students look like — or drama maybe . |
| 5 | PLACE your bets with Bugsy — and you could be jetting off for a week in Las Vegas the gambling capital of the world . |
| 6 | After Arnold died , Nancy , feeling more strongly than ever what she had always known , that he was the only man she had loved , came to live permanently in the house where he had always seemed happiest , a piece of property he had picked up for a song in the sixties from Barone Dulcibene 's father-in-law , old Count Umberto Baderini . |
| 7 | When I wandered out for a surf-check in the morning , Michael was sitting on the bench . |
| 8 | He was let out for a walk in the grounds of the medium-security Runwell hospital , near Wickford , Essex . |
| 9 | When this is suggested , the invitation should always be along the lines of : ‘ I 'd love you to come out for a run in the car with me some time . |
| 10 | The immunity of Swiss companies to unfriendly or foreign takeovers came in for a pounding in 1988 after Nestlé took over Rowntree , a British confectioner , causing noisy British complaints about the lack of reciprocal opportunities . |
| 11 | Dressing up for a walk in the forest to find eggs |
| 12 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 13 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 14 | Lining up for a photocall in front of the latest Leyland Daf trucks , just before the announcement of the rosy future the newly formed companies have predicted for themselves . |
| 15 | Got up for a wee in the night . |
| 16 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 17 | A CONVICTED killer allowed out for a stroll in the grounds of a mental hospital just kept walking — and was still missing yesterday , 24 hours later . |
| 18 | Watch out for a change in publication dates for Courtauld News . |
| 19 | Watch out for a display in Chambers Street on Leith Race Prizes . |
| 20 | You might think you 're safe nipping out for a hill-walk in a Parka with nylon fur round the hood , and a pair of trawlerman 's oilskin trousers you bought at a life-boat fund-raising stall , but that 's the day you 'll bump into Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert with a film crew making Highlander 3 . |
| 21 | Look out for a circular in the 146 Series which will be issued shortly . |
| 22 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 23 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 24 | Not only did the sturdy lock crown a storming performance by bullocking over for a try in the final minute , he undoubtedly played himself into a Lions place . |
| 25 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 26 | ‘ Nothing happened and as I like to race every weekend I signed up for a meeting in France on June 13 ’ , he said . |
| 27 | Quite how to choose your destination is not clear : You might set out for a holiday in Virgo and end up in the Crab Nebula . |
| 28 | He spilled some of the machine tea from the plastic cups as he moved , and one of the wizened youths glanced back for a moment in disapproval . |
| 29 | I 'm getting out for a pee in a minute , so I 'll get one out of the Land Rover if you throw the keys . ’ |
| 30 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |