Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | we 're all going out for a drink with yourselves I think . |
| 32 | Kissing or touching another man in a sexual way or even just going out for a drink without telling a partner is regarded by most as being unfaithful . |
| 33 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 34 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |
| 35 | She 'd told her husband she was going out for a walk with their pet dog , Kirsty , when she was found the dog was still clinging to her . |
| 36 | If I 'm going out for a meal with friends , I wear Richards Shops-type suits that are flowing , or have a fluid look . |
| 37 | we a we are going , we are going out for a meal on Saturday night i er , in , with or without , we 're going out , I 've er we want to go to the when we went with . |
| 38 | And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’ |
| 39 | You might think you 're safe nipping out for a hill-walk in a Parka with nylon fur round the hood , and a pair of trawlerman 's oilskin trousers you bought at a life-boat fund-raising stall , but that 's the day you 'll bump into Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert with a film crew making Highlander 3 . |
| 40 | The beard algae had survived because the Flying Foxes had discovered that scavenging for algae was a poor way to live , compared with waiting around for the food for the Clown Loaches to arrive — and then nipping in smartish while the Loaches were still bumbling about . |
| 41 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 42 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 43 | The idea was to run round the local pubs , popping in for a pint on the way , carrying a bale of straw . |
| 44 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 45 | Sport offers spontaneity which , combined with ever more sophisticated technology , allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles , moving in for a close-up on the agonized or exultant face of the athlete , or panning back for a shot of the pitch , track , or the seashore during an Open golf championship . |
| 46 | Not only did the sturdy lock crown a storming performance by bullocking over for a try in the final minute , he undoubtedly played himself into a Lions place . |
| 47 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 48 | A MOTHER told how getting up for a drink of milk saved her family from a house fire . |
| 49 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 50 | There should be no more nonsense about one or other of them moving out for a matter of days or weeks only for the unsatisfactory relationship to resume just as unsatisfactorily as before . |
| 51 | I 'm getting out for a pee in a minute , so I 'll get one out of the Land Rover if you throw the keys . ’ |
| 52 | Sport offers spontaneity which , combined with ever more sophisticated technology , allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles , moving in for a close-up on the agonized or exultant face of the athlete , or panning back for a shot of the pitch , track , or the seashore during an Open golf championship . |
| 53 | There is no truth in the rumour that some of their number fancied joining in for a bit of a busman's/policeman 's holiday . |
| 54 | She was only joining in for the sake of the others because Murder in the Dark is more fun with five than with four . |
| 55 | So we 'll have groups of teams coming along for an hour at a time and hopefully we 'll , you know , keep the impetus going through the day by doing that . |
| 56 | HP is known to have been casing the industry for new directions — a process witnessed by the winding down of its New Wave interface efforts — and is now thought to be closing in for a piece of Taligent Inc ( UX No 417 ) , the Apple Computer Inc/IBM Corp joint venture on object-oriented operating system technology . |
| 57 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 58 | I got erm Patsy coming in for a bite of lunch |
| 59 | So my father went over on the Monday evening and after such a a young man paid such interest in the garden and paying so much compliments , Well you ca n't go home without coming in for a cup of tea . |
| 60 | Coming in for a cup of tea ? |