Example sentences of "[adv] for a [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not as she thought right for a person 's end , |
| 2 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 3 | In homes across the States millions of Americans were switching on for an evening 's viewing . |
| 4 | At the end of the flat portion there was a gap big enough for a man 's body to drop through , and then a single rung like a short parallel bar in a gym . |
| 5 | ‘ Aye , there are pearls in these waters — enough for a king 's ransom . |
| 6 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 7 | The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig . |
| 8 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 9 | I picture you on a trip up to London , perhaps for a day 's work experience at the offices of some conglomerate . |
| 10 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit . |
| 11 | Outside Israel , passengers can check in for a rival 's flight later and without so much hassle . |
| 12 | Two thousand people representing 86 teams from all over the world gathered together for a week 's fun , friendship and fraternity . |
| 13 | I was called in and told the show was too expensive and was stretching facilities far too greatly for a children 's programme . ’ |
| 14 | All the way through school , my mum used to go away for a fortnight 's rest during the summer and I would go and stay in one of the various holiday homes for disabled children . |
| 15 | Artemis 's father was away for a week 's sport in Leicestershire , and apparently it was expected of Artemis that she should be ready and able to go out and ride her new horse side-saddle alongside her father on his return . |
| 16 | He discovered that all his desires were related to the need we all have for God himself — not just for a mother 's love or for some other intense childhood need . |
| 17 | Well , not for a king 's ransom would she return to the kitchen , even though she really could do with the drink . |
| 18 | We know we 're going a lot further for a tenner 's worth of fuel , and we 're delighted , ’ he says . |
| 19 | Her yellow nail traced once more for a stranger 's benefit the blank faces , wide staring eyes of the previous generation of Dersinghams . |
| 20 | Coventry City .. 3 Grimsby Town ... 0 ( Coventry win 4-3 on agg ) GRIMSBY played for 87 minutes of this Littlewoods Cup tie with 10 men , and their prospects of defending the two-goal lead they brought to Highfield Road disappeared with Tony Rees , who was sent off for a coward 's foul on Greg Downs . |
| 21 | ‘ The Bamford Hunt always gathers in the Market Square on Boxing Day and after downing a glass or two of something sustaining , moves off for a day 's sport , watched by the local populace . |
| 22 | On the Saturday before our departure our group was sent off for a day 's grape picking at Puyloubier , the rest home for injured and retired former legionnaires , in the foothills of Provence , about two hours ' drive from Aubagne . |
| 23 | Ski survey could n't resist , and sent Tessa Coker off for a day 's coaching with Developments at Profiles Ski Centre . |
| 24 | Corporal Ryan , the Irish Corporal , went off for a week 's leave in Marseilles and , for an unknown reason , killed himself with a hunting rifle in a hotel in the Old port . |
| 25 | Southend 's players flew off for a week 's break in Spain after a 2-1 win at Halifax which put them five points clear at the top of the Fourth Division . |
| 26 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale completed two key close season signings before jetting off for a week 's break in Greece yesterday . |
| 27 | Looking at the paraphernalia attached to the subject wired up for a night 's recording , one might legitimately ask whether anybody could reasonably be expected to feel natural , and get to sleep in their usual way . |
| 28 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 29 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
| 30 | Having selected your water and turned up for a day 's fishing you then have to decide where the fish will be on the day in question . |