Example sentences of "[pron] 's [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's away for a couple of days . |
| 2 | Well where 's Nancy , she 's away for a start . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's here for a purpose , ’ he added . |
| 4 | She 's in for a surprise though . |
| 5 | ‘ If the way you treat me is anything to go by , she 's in for a life of sheer hell ! ’ she bit out . |
| 6 | Oh , it 's not for a while anyway so you need n't worry . |
| 7 | Yes , it 's not for a quarter , it 's only for , you know , whatever . |
| 8 | But we , surely we should n't , cos we 're , it 's not for a month , it 's only for |
| 9 | Also , he 's supposed to have had an insurance policies but General Accident said it 's only for a year and he took it out in seventy seven to nineteen seventy eight . |
| 10 | but , it 's only for a day , so you do n't really know |
| 11 | You must get away , even if it 's only for a couple of days . |
| 12 | ‘ Even if it 's only for a couple of hours , I have to go to bed . ’ |
| 13 | So I said if it 's only for a mile it 's going to be well less than a minute at eighty , presuming you were doing more than thereabouts and er that was it . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's only for a time , ’ Fred said on the last night of the tour . |
| 15 | It 's only for a week or so . ’ |
| 16 | The er not a sore throat th you know , it 's there for a couple of days and then it kind of eases off , I think it 's getting better and then |
| 17 | If a woman fucks a lot of men , each one fears he 's up for a rating . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He 's out for a walk at present , Jack . |
| 19 | Margaret 's oldest son is nine and he knows that Richard is in prison , but that he 's there for a crime he did n't commit . |
| 20 | A sick thing , he 's off for a week . |