Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can say we 're going to have to keep you off for a bit longer yet . |
| 2 | I 've got a continuation shot , well what I shall do is just try and line them up for a rush down to , which is not bad . |
| 3 | Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come . |
| 4 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 5 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 6 | So they kept him in for a cat instead , but Jessie wanted a , then Jessie , she could 've just love a fluffy white , so . |
| 7 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 8 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 9 | Let it carry him along for a bit longer . |
| 10 | Let him out for a roar round . |
| 11 | And I said oh that 's right , he said and I , I 'd come up and see her the first we 'll either take her out for a drink afterwards , I thought that does n't seemed to mix in one glass , and I going to a pub because she 's , but there you are , and she so 's erm , can I bet you 'll stay a bit , she said oh , I think December is your like it to be , well obviously it 's getting him settled you must n't over , she must off pushed him and then he 's said erm , I , I 've told mum and dad that if they want to go as well , they can go . |
| 12 | Leila looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway , recognising him immediately for a creature less human than Sindy or any of her contemporaries . |
| 13 | He stared at her bleakly for a moment then turned on his heel . |
| 14 | I think I 'll turn it off for a while actually . |
| 15 | ‘ Yeah , I picked it up for a song about twelve years ago . |
| 16 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 17 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
| 19 | He looked at us solemnly for a moment then , without a word , took us home for lunch . |