Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 2 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 3 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 4 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 5 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
| 6 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 7 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
| 8 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 9 | Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience . |
| 10 | The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong . |
| 11 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |
| 12 | It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game . |
| 13 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 14 | Boro boss Lawrence , meanwhile , is not lined up for a summer move to Spurs despite rumours sweeping the NorthEast . |
| 15 | During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause . |
| 16 | ‘ She had been totally geared up for a reconciliation , ’ says Columb Farrelly , then manager of Sinead 's band and the man who persuaded the troubled teenager to seek out her mother . |
| 17 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 18 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 19 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
| 20 | Oh , service with a smile , he 's probably gone out for a coffee ! |
| 21 | Well you see and I 've also put in for a job for the the marina at Northampton which is another mental home . |
| 22 | I was really choked up for a moment . |
| 23 | As the mandroids calmly gassed the beaked exter and carted them both off to be flung into the street , I slid on to one of the unstained seats at the table and cheerfully looked around for a servaton . |
| 24 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 25 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 26 | who were the religious police who were actually watching , so we have n't gone back for a while |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 28 | In Melbourne on the afternoon of 8 February , 1983 , the sky was completely blacked out for a while . |
| 29 | But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket . |
| 30 | Whether the quartet actively looked around for a site is not known but in 1905 they formed a syndicate by joining with two other men — J. A. Rawlins and F. E. Theodor — who were already buying and selling land for development in the Shiplake and Harpsden areas and whose earlier purchases included Bolney Court , Lower Bolney Farm and Upper Bolney Farm . |