Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 2 | But in August , just before setting off for a month in Switzerland , he still hoped to have finished a draft of the third act by the end of the year . |
| 3 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |
| 4 | So my father went over on the Monday evening and after such a a young man paid such interest in the garden and paying so much compliments , Well you ca n't go home without coming in for a cup of tea . |
| 5 | And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning . |
| 6 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 7 | IMAGINE stepping out of the shower into the caress of a tropical breeze — instead of reaching out for a tatty old bath towel . |
| 8 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 10 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm fine now and looking forward to getting home for a few days . |
| 12 | Kurt , however , was remarkably animate , clearly happy it was all over , and talked enthusiastically about how much he 'd enjoyed touring with Shonen Knife and was now just looking forward to going home for a rest . |