Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 2 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 3 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 4 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 5 | Advertisements similarly depend increasingly for the understanding and appreciation of the " joke " on the reader 's knowledge of other aspects of culture , frames of reference , texts . |
| 6 | Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’ |
| 7 | Stop there for a moment or two before standing up . |
| 8 | Do not take too much notice of the reasons put forward for the auction or put much store by claims of " no reserves on any of the items " . |
| 9 | Lawyers , basically , are trained for and used to an adversary system — where they act either for the prosecution or plaintiff , or for the defence — and seem always to see things in terms of guilt or innocence . |
| 10 | Cover again for a minute or so , then add the soured cream and beat the potatoes well . |
| 11 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 12 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
| 13 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
| 14 | Watch out for a driver or cyclist who has not seen you on the crossing — Rules 10 , 11 , 12 and 13 . |
| 15 | Just watch out for the dress and do n't get it damaged . ’ |
| 16 | Look out for the posters and the bright yellow ‘ banks ’ touring the country , or call 0606–592 041 for details . |
| 17 | Look out for the things that you CAN do at school , and develop those as much as possible . |
| 18 | Look out for the envelope that will bring your invitation , and be ready to tell us your preference as soon as it arrives . |
| 19 | And look out for an OS/2 and a Windows NT implementation too . |
| 20 | ‘ Now just stand here for a minute and listen . ’ |
| 21 | Just stand here for a minute and eat your ice cream . |
| 22 | People jump about for a bit but then having offered you |
| 23 | We stand there for a second or two . |
| 24 | Look too for the cupola and arched ceilings that marry the high decoration of Catholic churches with an excellent sense of style . |
| 25 | She has deservedly won the respect of everyone in the field of movement and dance both for the Society and herself . |
| 26 | It wo n't , you know , make up for the fact that , let's face it , I poisoned you ! ’ |
| 27 | When you weigh it up , would any amount of perks make up for the fact that joining this particular firm involves waking up next to the Prince of Wales or the Duke of York ? |
| 28 | And I could put myself down as in case I get there for a day or two . |
| 29 | Hawkwood will produce a team , train hard for a year and compete against Greycoats next summer . |
| 30 | The absence of demand for industrial development forced MDC to abandon its original strategy and opt instead for a tourist and leisure based strategy . |