Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think you 'd better rest here for a while , ’ she followed him out of the kitchen and into the sitting-room to tell him . |
| 3 | It will be a non-title clash , but if Owens is successful then he will obviously press hard for a title chance . |
| 4 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 5 | No , I shall not do so for a second , because it will prolong matters . |
| 6 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 7 | In future , ministers need not look far for a way to bridge working relationships between central and local government . |
| 8 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 9 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |
| 10 | Can I just stop there for a minute er er is this the best |
| 11 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 12 | When mortality for both sexes in infancy and childhood was great , as it was at the beginning of the century , it did not take long for a cohort to advance up the age scale before females outnumbered males . |
| 13 | British TV viewers will not pay more for a cable system just because one day it will be able to provide interactive services which they have never heard of , let alone want . |
| 14 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 15 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 16 | Babies who for surgical reasons can not feed orally for a period can be helped with opportunities for non-nutritive sucking on dummies ( Bernbaum et al . |
| 17 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 18 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 19 | The flow will not let up for a minute . |
| 20 | Mr Rochester is always very popular with the ladies at these parties , so he may not come back for a week or so . ’ |
| 21 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 22 | right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you |
| 23 | I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We shall just sit quietly for a moment . |
| 25 | Let's just pop outside for a moment and see what we 've got to see tonight . |
| 26 | Yeah it it means that you can point out that it makes it a lot simpler for someone to just pop over for a night and crash out on the floor . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm fine , ’ said Henry , ‘ but this means I 'd better just pop out for a second . ’ |
| 28 | He should not , must not cry alone for a mother . |
| 29 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 30 | You must follow closely mortals ; watch the light that falls from our spears , and do not turn aside for a moment . |