Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm coming down for a night , ’ said Louise . |
| 3 | Just wait here , I 'm going up for a bath first , you can |
| 4 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going out for a bit . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm going out for a while . |
| 8 | She said , ‘ I 'm going out for a bit to see Dickie . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'm going out for a professional dinner , something formal , I will wear an evening dress . |
| 10 | If I 'm going out for a meal with friends , I wear Richards Shops-type suits that are flowing , or have a fluid look . |
| 11 | if I 'm going out for a meal I prefer to try something different , you can have a steak at home , I mean |
| 12 | I 'm going out for a minute anyway , . |
| 13 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 14 | I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit . |
| 15 | Does he agree with the Prime Minister who told me in a letter this week that even that does not justify a special economic initiative or does he agree with local industry which is crying out for a partnership with Government to take Britain out of recession ? |
| 16 | I think that 's , that 's pretty consistent , probably with how bands are formed , actually , is n't it , its friends of friends , and somebody knows somebody else , and somebody 's looking round for a drummer , just happens that somebody mentions it to somebody else . |
| 17 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 18 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 19 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're holding out for a wedding-ring , ’ he said flatly . |
| 21 | I er I think erm it 's silly not to have it er when you 're going in for a new set . |
| 22 | Movement , scent and sound can give you away when you 're heading in for a close up shot . |
| 23 | ‘ Will you be staying around for a while , or going straight back to bonny Scotland ? ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , I thought you were saving up for a new game for your Sega system ? |
| 25 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 26 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 27 | She 'd told her husband she was going out for a walk with their pet dog , Kirsty , when she was found the dog was still clinging to her . |
| 28 | ‘ How about Communists in government ? ’ suggested a friend to Senator Joe McCarthy from Wisconsin , who was looking round for an issue to help get him re-elected . |
| 29 | we a we are going , we are going out for a meal on Saturday night i er , in , with or without , we 're going out , I 've er we want to go to the when we went with . |
| 30 | ‘ So we 're bunking off for a day or two . |