Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyeing the police car , she wondered whether it belonged to Officer Hassan and whether it was worth hanging around for a word with him . |
| 2 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 3 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 4 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 5 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 6 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 7 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 8 | After messing about for a while , they roped in drummer Anthony — Derbyshire born , now a Nottingham resident — and discovered common musical ground . |
| 9 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 10 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 11 | It is worth pausing here for a moment to reflect on the weight of traditional thinking that McDowell is seeking to shift : |
| 12 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 13 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 14 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 15 | Paddlers are then faced with the choice of going upstream for a mile to Broomhill Bridge or downstream 3 miles to Grantown-on-Spey to lift out . |
| 16 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 17 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 18 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 19 | Santos preaches the virtues of working legitimately for a crust and our hero merely sneers until he spies the seductive posterior of Amber Evans ( Stacey Dash ) , follows her into her swanky office and obtains a job in the mailroom despite having a criminal record to rival Al Capone . |
| 20 | I lived in my house for going on for a year |
| 21 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 22 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 23 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 24 | I had no interest in what this house should be like wishing only for a place and quickly to lay my head and could hardly rouse myself to inspect it . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't feel like coming round for a bite of supper tonight , I suppose ? ’ she shouted . |
| 26 | If you really do n't feel like coming up for a smear at that time , that 's fine and we 'll understand why . |
| 27 | Okay Ron there are , thanks for coming over for a start , there are you 've got all the er the brochure and the er obviously the application form . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , what about coming out for a meal with all of us ? ’ |
| 29 | Check your existing lender 's redemption charge before signing up for a replacement loan . |
| 30 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale completed two key close season signings before jetting off for a week 's break in Greece yesterday . |