Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He giggled : ‘ We ought to creep out singly for an assignation . ’ |
| 2 | Otherwise we could search up there for a year and we would n't find her . |
| 3 | I had an idea I could hide out there for a while , maybe rest up , maybe make a connection who could get me out of the City . |
| 4 | And er , we oh usually I could get on there for a , you , you can get erm I think it was a four-way ticket for threepence down the town . |
| 5 | you could nip on there for a |
| 6 | Yeah yes the we went to we used to go down there for a day to Skeggie . |
| 7 | I tell you what I 'm not happy with that lettuce , I shall look round again for an iceberg |
| 8 | Er these gentlemen have a presentation to make and I wonder if Ron would come up here for a moment , please . |
| 9 | The trip down would start off quietly for a while , everyone busily engaged in talking with friends , but soon the holiday spirit would prevail and after the first stop , singing would start , and then arriving at our destination , coaches to be unloaded , mountains of food carted on to the sands , and the task of enjoying oneself began . |
| 10 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 11 | No pressure group can wait around forever for a change of government that may never come . |
| 12 | ‘ We can wait out here for a bit , ca n't we ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | But if I can move on just for a second , erm when you get over and above that , we have problems where people that are purchasing those sort of vehicles can not afford , with the best will in the world , to take them in to the main agents and have a full service , although they should do , but if you ca n't afford to do that and these are the problems that we had , so we actually changed that . |
| 14 | I think we can go back just for a final to White Hart Lane , and join up with Nick Harris — got his breath back now Nick , I think a tremendous afternoon though for you . |