Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.

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1 And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry .
2 ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery .
3 Turning well inside the box he side-stepped Birney to hammer in a shot which McConnell did well to push out for a corner .
4 She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave .
5 We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk .
6 After all , I had only come back for a day or two to buy some good German clothes .
7 Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year .
8 Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience .
9 During this ceaseless pursuit of the right métier for my particular brand of foolishness , I had already pitched up for a Telethon trailer to flamenco dance for the cause .
10 He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink .
11 It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game .
12 The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong .
13 She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute .
14 After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two .
15 But I had neither stumped up for a bale of fluffy bathroom towels , nor chipped in to the Qantas ticket .
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