Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Somerset should opt once more for a batsman , my instinct tells me the favourite would be Richie Richardson . |
| 2 | He felt only sorry for him and sure that , if they could stay alone together for a while , Fiver would come round to an easier state of mind . |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't think a man could feel so deeply for a woman these days ? ’ |
| 4 | Otherwise we could search up there for a year and we would n't find her . |
| 5 | Once this had been achieved they could campaign more openly for a united Ireland on the basis of uniting Catholic and Protestant workers , small farmers and the lower rungs of the business community for an independent , democratic , united and self-sufficient Irish Republic . |
| 6 | I had an idea I could hide out there for a while , maybe rest up , maybe make a connection who could get me out of the City . |
| 7 | She 'd go again then for a time , perhaps three or four months . |
| 8 | It might well give her a better perspective on things if she could get right away for a short time . |
| 9 | And er , we oh usually I could get on there for a , you , you can get erm I think it was a four-way ticket for threepence down the town . |
| 10 | you could nip on there for a |
| 11 | And , since the casualty list of the Westland Affair , there have been signs that the Thatcher Cabinet may function more collectively for a time at least . |
| 12 | That would do quite nicely for a start . |
| 13 | I tell you what I 'm not happy with that lettuce , I shall look round again for an iceberg |
| 14 | If this were so , the strengthening of the various associations generated by the inhibitory conditioning procedure would proceed only slowly for a pre-exposed stimulus and this effect could well outweigh any advantage that the existence of a stimulus-no event association might bestow . |
| 15 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 16 | Rail fares have been rising at around 1 ½ per cent over inflation in recent years and the new corporate plan also warns that BR has 12 months to assess whether passengers would pay even more for a better service . |
| 17 | Er these gentlemen have a presentation to make and I wonder if Ron would come up here for a moment , please . |
| 18 | The trip down would start off quietly for a while , everyone busily engaged in talking with friends , but soon the holiday spirit would prevail and after the first stop , singing would start , and then arriving at our destination , coaches to be unloaded , mountains of food carted on to the sands , and the task of enjoying oneself began . |
| 19 | For really top class Joplin you need pay only a little more for a selection from Dick Hyman 's complete survey mentioned above , but at less than a fiver , Arpin 's disc will do very nicely for a representative sample of Joplin — which is really all I can take in a single sitting ! |
| 20 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 21 | No pressure group can wait around forever for a change of government that may never come . |
| 22 | ‘ We can wait out here for a bit , ca n't we ? ’ he asked . |
| 23 | ‘ If he is n't , he can swear pretty well for a dead person , ’ said Sacco , sagging to the floor . |
| 24 | But if I can move on just for a second , erm when you get over and above that , we have problems where people that are purchasing those sort of vehicles can not afford , with the best will in the world , to take them in to the main agents and have a full service , although they should do , but if you ca n't afford to do that and these are the problems that we had , so we actually changed that . |
| 25 | I think we can go back just for a final to White Hart Lane , and join up with Nick Harris — got his breath back now Nick , I think a tremendous afternoon though for you . |
| 26 | This is a cave very accommodating for beginners in speleology and indeed for ordinary walkers with no such aspirations who , aided only by a torch , can penetrate quite easily for a hundred yards without meeting any difficulty . |