Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 2 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 3 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 4 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 5 | For all its relevance and cleverness , you ca n't get around the fact that this book was written not for a generation but for a media eager to snap up fresh-tasting morsels . |
| 6 | Do I get invited in for a coffee or what ? ’ |
| 7 | McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . |
| 8 | He 'll be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . ’ |
| 9 | His wife , Shirley , believed we 'd been brought together for a reason and , after a while , she reckoned my sight would be healed . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The forces of Chaos are driven back for a time and a fragile peace descends on Ulthuan . |
| 12 | He says a boy had gone away for a weekend and had come back to the school with the tablets and then sold them . |
| 13 | She told him in fact that Dinah had gone away for a day or two , but shortly a letter came . |
| 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 | She assumed he had gone out for a reason but became worried and phoned a friend . |
| 16 | I had this octopus once in Germany and it , we 'd gone out for a meal and I was gon na have steak and mushrooms and |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Almost every word has been put in for a purpose and needs to be commented upon . |
| 19 | HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO IN THE NAME OF FAME — WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR HAIR SHAVED OFF FOR A FILM OR VIDEO ? : |
| 20 | In our present recession , we frequently see the gallery space being singled out for a cut and Watermans is no exception . |
| 21 | It stayed poised there for a moment and another question , another proclamation of innocence , then he brought it down ready to drive into the small man 's stomach again . |
| 22 | MGM was not quite as happy with The Crowd ( 1928 ) , which was held back for a year and temporarily given a happy ending and which proved only to be as Kine Weekly predicted ‘ a sound box office success ’ rather than a runaway winner . |
| 23 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |