Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [noun] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 2 | A close-up crotch shot will eventually do little more than remind the reader that sex without affection is merely moving your legs up and down for a bit and then stopping . |
| 3 | ‘ We will let the new legislation settle down for a year or so first , ’ he said . |
| 4 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 5 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 6 | Asik immediately reached down for the delicacy and carefully slipped it into his shorts . |
| 7 | Well let's go down for the jars and then they can , see |
| 8 | That 's why we 'll keep her in for a week or so , for tests , but our consultant is very pleased with her — and very optimistic . |
| 9 | We 've taken it over for a week or so . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Leave the lights off for an hour or so after you have added the fish to the tank , to give them a chance to settle . |
| 12 | The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again . |
| 13 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 14 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 15 | There were connections there , safe houses where he could hole up for a week or more , while his American friends made arrangements to get him out of the country and into free Europe . |
| 16 | But you can only use it up for a month and then you . |
| 17 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 18 | The afternoon audience steadily declined , built up for an hour or so in the late afternoon and then surrendered to TV , except for another late-night blip . |
| 19 | Amaranth had no wish to be caught napping in the lounge of the Grand Hotel ; how much better to return to ‘ Mon Repos ’ and put her feet up for an hour or so . |
| 20 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 21 | Thinking how quiet she 'd gone when he said he was coming up for the funeral and how she 'd seemed to withdraw into herself . |
| 22 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 23 | A barking broke out for a bit and then was still . |
| 24 | If we can sort of get them out for a night or even if they get back at twelve . |
| 25 | Sunday morning , up bright and early for Sunday in those days , seven o'clock , out for a walk and then down to the church for choir . |
| 26 | Well everybody thought we 'd be out for a week or so , but we were out for a month or er more when these scabs started going back . |
| 27 | Robert merely had to drop a few bon mots from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi 's handbook into the conversation and Maisie 's eyes widened the way they did when you offered to take her out for a meal or when she was telling you how someone had told someone that she had a beautiful mouth . |
| 28 | I was sorry for Jennifer but they had only been going out for a month or so , and not terribly seriously . |
| 29 | We let this carry that out for a month or so , and he was very annoyed about it . |
| 30 | Suddenly , the Junkers belched a long tongue of red flame , straightened out for a moment and then spun down into the water . |