Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've got Lyn who 's due to go back for a month erm end of May for most of er June , upstairs
2 We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies .
3 In keeping with their true natures , some look out for a dealer who has passed it , and beg him to sit it again , for them .
4 Again , this worked well for a while .
5 The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner .
6 shur shur shur shur shur shur shur , and this went on for a week an little teacher , Miss , she called out stop doing that !
7 Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing .
8 Some carried enough for a family .
9 Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places .
10 For two months Alison was a counsellor looking after American children at a camp in Pennsylvania , after which she was free to travel around for a month .
11 It is still the definitive cinematic story of the attack and , for all the commercial flaws of the film , it stands alone in technical accuracy and the actual attack scenes are among the finest put together for an aviation film .
12 When one considers the proximity of Zurich ( so easy to go there for a show or a concert , have a meal , and arrive back home at a reasonable hour ) , the thriving variety of Winterthur 's night life is surprising .
13 James would probably have been content to live quietly for a time but both Mary and Louis were insistent on immediate action and his chief remaining ally in the British Isles , Richard Talbot , Earl of Tyrconnel , Lord Deputy and Commander-in-Chief in Ireland , wrote urging him not to settle into comfortable inactivity in France when Ireland offered a kingdom of his own ‘ plentiful in all things for human life ’ .
14 Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement .
15 But Ball 's committee seems likely to press instead for a box which doctors should tick if they want a generic drug substituted .
16 After the Williams Report , it was very hard to argue convincingly for a laissez-faire approach to screen entertainment .
17 ‘ We 've all got problems , but you 're welcome to stay here for a bit . ’
18 She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well .
19 Bloody cheek , do him the world of good to go without for a day or two .
20 ‘ And to keep that feeling together I will try and make arrangements that we can all team up for a leisure day . ’
21 all going out for a Chinese because it 's this girl 's birthday tomorrow , so there 's er eight of them all going out .
22 we 're all going out for a drink with yourselves I think .
23 ‘ We 're all going out for a meal .
24 He showed both boys how to lift the sorrel 's hoof between their knees , and suddenly there was a line of small boys at his side , all waiting hopefully for a turn .
25 All fired up for a marathon effort
26 More than 3,000 turned out for a rally organised by 2 hoteliers who say they just had to do something .
27 sitting there doing paper work and the ki erm the kids use it as a a an office and what have you , there with their paper work , Sarah does her homework there and we have our meals in there so erm sort of it does n't really matter but er you know it saves them all coming out for a meal , and having to do it cos trouble is it 's too small to keep an eye on people to see if they want anything , everything 's alright and what have you
28 Some are coming from as far afield as Germany , so today , despite abysmal flying conditions , they all went up for a rehearsal .
29 Then we all went out for a drink .
30 Then they all went off for a visit to the zoo
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