Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now just stand here for a minute and listen . ’ |
| 2 | Just stand here for a minute and eat your ice cream . |
| 3 | Just stay here for a moment . |
| 4 | Just go away for a week — two at the most . ’ |
| 5 | With a shock of disappointment he recognised Livée de St-Orages , another republican refugee like himself , whose background was no longer humble enough for the government . |
| 6 | But , so erm , just think there for a moment , one , two , one , two , and one , and two , and , you 're going one and two and one and |
| 7 | If you just step outside for a minute . |
| 8 | Just come here for a bit o' peace and quiet . |
| 9 | Advertisements similarly depend increasingly for the understanding and appreciation of the " joke " on the reader 's knowledge of other aspects of culture , frames of reference , texts . |
| 10 | But what 's really scary is that I often lie there for an age afterwards thinking , ‘ Just what will I do , if this dream should ever come true ? ’ |
| 11 | But whereas amateur athletes often compete just for the privilege of winning , retailers compete for customers and profit . |
| 12 | I went to work Monday and I could n't get out come downstairs for the week I was that stiff . |
| 13 | Too many people do not think about where would be best to sail and invariably head straight for the coast in an effort to make progress . |
| 14 | Greta Ross said , ‘ Please wait here for a minute , Mrs Sanders . |
| 15 | Of course , there 's no point in doing something intrinsically dull just for the sake of it . |
| 16 | Please write briefly for an application form , quoting appropriate reference number , to the Personnel Section in Heidelberg , Germany . |
| 17 | As soon as the bell goes for the start of school we go to our tutor group rooms to drop off our bags and coats and then make straight for the hall . |
| 18 | During aerobic walking your heart and breathing rates increase , level out , then remain there for the duration of the exercise . |
| 19 | ‘ Then get home for a couple of hours . |
| 20 | We would string together about seven or eight passes , then go backwards for a bit , then sideways , and then eventually the likes of McAllister , Speed , or Dorigo would get fed up , boot the ball in the box for either a ) an easy catch to the goalie , or b ) for Deane to flick it on to an easy catch for the goalie . |
| 21 | Live , there 's a mixture of experimentation and entertainment , but without them stripping themselves emotionally bare just for the sake of it — there 's as much truth as there is artifice . |
| 22 | In fact the pet petticoat restaurant is is run as a and because the theatre trust for whatever reason could make profit out of the petticoat restaurant and people that actually work there for the trust that actually took it over and the trust actually get 's a percent of the takings percent of profit and er . |