Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb base] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |
| 2 | There 's a sort of metal fence I can sit on , so I rest there for a bit and watch the ducks and that . |
| 3 | you have a sweet and all that sort of thing , I mean you ca n't I ca n't resist them if I go out for a meal , I 've got to have the sweet , I 'd rather have the sweet |
| 4 | Well I was n't married but I used to go in there and I used to come home er say in Winter if I come home for a w week or two , I go in there , and sit by the fire and have a yard . |
| 5 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |
| 6 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 8 | Day Seven : Time at leisure until you check in for a scheduled flight home to London Heathrow . |
| 9 | The one search will serve if you act also for a mortgagee , in which case name the mortgagee rather than the buyer , because the priority given to the mortgagee extends to the buyer , but not vice versa . |
| 10 | Jim will walk with his arm round Anna 's waist , and they tend to vanish if you turn away for a moment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 14 | Drink 's never been either here or there for me , bar a wee Baileys with my coffee if we go out for a meal and I always buy it in at Christmas , because most women like it . |
| 15 | Okay has anybody else got anything more on that on that subject ? if we go back for a bit and just go back to the |
| 16 | But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics . |
| 17 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We feel we should fight Mr Butters and let him take on a white elephant while we play elsewhere for a year and maybe we can return to Belle Vue . ’ |
| 20 | Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’ |
| 21 | This is the moment when we decide whether we go in for a federal Europe or whether we go in for a Europe of member states trading together , competing together , co-operating together . |
| 22 | This is the moment when we decide whether we go in for a federal Europe or whether we go in for a Europe of member states trading together , competing together , co-operating together . |
| 23 | When they reached the stairs , his voice determinedly reasonable , he asked , ‘ Do you want to return to Ca ’ del Leone to shower and change before we go out for a meal ? ’ |
| 24 | Do n't stop playing on me now when I get home for a cup of tea ! |
| 25 | He was the person when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say ‘ would you water my geranium ’ . |
| 26 | He was the person , when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say would you water my geranium ; that is the historical sum of William Shakespeare , it 's the truth . |
| 27 | Accent is on comfort when you step in for a relaxing drink . |
| 28 | That when you reach out for a friend , |
| 29 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 30 | When you sign up for a savings scheme check the clauses for giving notice . |