Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte . |
| 2 | A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor . |
| 3 | I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’ |
| 4 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 5 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 6 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 7 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 8 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 9 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 10 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 11 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 12 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 13 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 14 | Finally they reached home and tried to put the kettle on for a welcome cup of tea — to discover their water had been cut off . |
| 15 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 16 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 17 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 18 | Whatever his personal misgivings , Valenzuela hid them well and when his compulsory military service ended he signed on for a permanent career in the Air Force . |
| 19 | And you 'd all got to get on , and stay on for a little while without touching the floor , then you could have another go . |
| 20 | Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’ |
| 21 | At the end of the day 550 people sat down for a superb dinner in the marquee , prepared by and his team , where the trophies and prizes from the Grand Draw were presented , followed by a disco . |
| 22 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 23 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 24 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 25 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 26 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
| 27 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 28 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 29 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 30 | Instead John Major invites 200 carefully selected friends along for a cosy chat about how rosy the Tory garden is . |