Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when she goes out for a meal she 's got a problem , now if that was me I 'd be having loads of big ones |
| 2 | She looks incuriously for a moment , not to be outfaced , and then turns away . |
| 3 | He shouts especially at Pyjamas , who skulks off for a broom . |
| 4 | I suppose I see her once or twice a week — she comes in for a cup of tea , or I go to her . |
| 5 | If anybody comes in for a car radio cassette , I 've stuck one at the top there twenty quid if anybody |
| 6 | And he waxes portentously for a moment . |
| 7 | It goes on for a minute . |
| 8 | He goes in for a sort of hall-of-mirrors self-impersonation , telling people how he would have done the murder if he had done it ( which he has ) . |
| 9 | The next morning he goes out for a walk round the town . |
| 10 | Oh , shut up Ryan , and then he sits there for a bit , and she goes , yeah well , you used to wear national health spectacles . |
| 11 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 12 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 13 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 14 | And sexual harassment towards a woman does , I think , confirm that in a way , as Suzy says , it does n't for a man . |
| 15 | He 's not going in for any pretending over a baby unless he comes in for a share of the cash , bloody ridiculous it is . |