Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] for a " in BNC.

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1 The alternative plan is to get away from road racing for a spell and use the time to do some track training , with the idea of running track races through the summer months .
2 The Range Rover left it behind quickly on a steep road which wound up in hairpin bends for a mile before levelling out on the road to Haverfordwest .
3 Rex called over to the waitress , who was hovering near at hand hoping for a walk-on part .
4 While others at Balmoral were losing sleep over the Fergie scandal , Diana was up at dawn preparing for a surprise visit to terminally-ill cancer patients .
5 Do you come alive slowly in the mornings or do you leap out of bed searching for a pencil to capture your best thoughts ?
6 Instead he had worked for several years for Lintas , the advertising agency owned by Unilever , only abandoning this job a few months before war broke out in order to concentrate for a period entirely on his painting .
7 It is perfectly in order to ask for a copy of the annual report , the balance sheet and any other promotional material as soon as you have been called for interview , or even beforehand .
8 If you go out at night looking for a father for your children , everyone brands you a whore .
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