Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 2 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 4 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that Dr L regarded the humanities with some contempt , arguing that students go to sign on for a medieval history course in the arts faculty and |
| 6 | ‘ Fancy skiving off for a few hours ? |
| 7 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 8 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 9 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 10 | And this is , I mean , what they 're asking , actually to be fair to them they 've put in for a thousand pound against three . |
| 11 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
| 12 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 13 | We are urgently searching for a set — I 've been informed that some surviving sets are twisted — and if it means that we have to look abroad for a new set in Poland than so be it ! |
| 14 | As the entrance requirements for universities , colleges and the professions have become more demanding in recent years , so increasing numbers have stayed on for a Sixth Year to study for Certificate of Sixth Year Studies examinations , to take ‘ crash ’ courses or modules in new subjects or to upgrade their existing results . |
| 15 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 16 | Was this something recent or something you have known about for a long time ? ’ |
| 17 | Plans have gone ahead for a regulatory body for the direct sales channel . |
| 18 | Both have gone on for a long time . |
| 19 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |
| 20 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition , and the respondent consents to a decree being granted ; or |
| 21 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition . |
| 22 | That the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition and that the respondent agrees to a decree being granted . |
| 23 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 24 | The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists . |
| 25 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |