Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 2 | It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two . |
| 3 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 4 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 5 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 6 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 7 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 8 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |
| 9 | Hold up for a count of 10 , relax and repeat . |
| 10 | Would n't it be a poor thing to have the man close his shop and walk back for a kind of half-hearted snack . |
| 11 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 12 | Just drop in for a cup of tea , |
| 13 | Thirty minutes since Dominic had gone inside that room … time enough for a readjustment of ideas , time enough to let resentment flood back to the place it had just left . |
| 14 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 15 | Your attire must tell other walkers and climbers how serious you are , indicate the status you enjoy in the world of mountaineering , and not make locals in the mountain 's nearest bar fall dangerously silent when you pop in for a pint on the way back home . |
| 16 | Watch out for a change in publication dates for Courtauld News . |
| 17 | Watch out for a display in Chambers Street on Leith Race Prizes . |
| 18 | Look now for a bloom of the male parent . |
| 19 | Look out for a circular in the 146 Series which will be issued shortly . |
| 20 | Seriously though , look out for a couple of new faces in the team — maybe more — and some new first-time winners on the 1991 Tour . |
| 21 | Past the reserve look out for a viewpoint over Loch Avich . |
| 22 | Look out for a host of special events — themed evening meals with entertainment , activities for children , guided walks and landrover safaris … |
| 23 | MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper . |
| 24 | But the book 's publishers should be warned : if searches for extraterrestrial intelligence ever pay off , then stand by for an avalanche of orders from interested parties . |
| 25 | Look instead for a degree of suppleness in the fabric and the extent to which the colours alter their intensity when viewed from different angles ; the more readily they submit to subtle changes in the direction of the light source , the more likely it is that good quality silk has been used . |
| 26 | In Britain , the ‘ drag-down ’ factor operates ; graduates make up for a shortage of technicians with intermediate skills . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're to ride Shine On for a spot of work . ’ |
| 28 | The price of oil would probably rise to more than $50 a barrel and dig in for a stay of some months . |
| 29 | I have no evidence one way or another as to the extent of risk of an episode occurring within five weeks but realism and commonsense tell me that there is a reasonable possibility that it will not and that even if he does unfortunately suffer such a trauma , he will if his life has to be preserved by artificial means , recover sufficiently for a decision at the main hearing as to further mechanical ventilation for the future . |
| 30 | Today , at the Wykham Arms in Sibford Gower a group of those former young farmers get together for a game of darts and a chat . |