Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never wrote entirely admiring reviews : ‘ It 's the essence of a book never to be perfect , ’ he said , ‘ so its writer must expect to come in for a little criticism . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 3 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 4 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 5 | ‘ If you are not busy , ’ offered Jeremy Vole , ‘ I thought perhaps you might like to stop by for a chat . ’ |
| 6 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 7 | I 'd say we 'll have to do more than that , I 'd say we 'll have to go down for a week . |
| 8 | He 'll be busy , and I 'll have to walk around for a whole hour on my own . |
| 9 | I 'll have booked in for a course in Bristol starting in September — an art course , no one cares what art students look like — or drama maybe . |
| 10 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 11 | I 'd like to go in for a bit , but there 's loads of people in there and I ai n't got no washing to do . |
| 12 | If you 'd like to meet up for a drink or something , do give me a call on the above number . |
| 13 | " Did he die almost immediately , or is there any possibility that he could have walked about for a time , even locked the door and set the alarms ? " |
| 14 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 15 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 16 | I 'd love to go out for a meal . |
| 17 | Terrifically glad if you could bear to look in for a drink the next time you 're in town . |
| 18 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 19 | The more expressive the language , the more possible states can be described in it ; and hence , the larger will be the space of states that a solver may have to search through for a goal . |
| 20 | I may have dozed off for a while . |
| 21 | It was Terry Rickards saying that he would like to drop in for a chat with Mr Dalgliesh if it would n't be too much bother and would nine be convenient ? |
| 22 | Although the rise in oil prices will continue to feed through for a while , the prospect is for a substantial reduction in inflation over the coming year . |