Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 2 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 3 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 4 | You would think that one of us might scurry around for a new word instead of accepting linguistic hand-me-downs . |
| 5 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 6 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 'll come along for a little while to the bonfire , but do n't accept for me later . |
| 8 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 9 | She says yeah she says I 'll pop in for a quick cuppa . |
| 10 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 12 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 13 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 14 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 15 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 16 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 17 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 18 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 19 | Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ? |
| 20 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 21 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
| 22 | Let's go out for a nice meal somewhere . |
| 23 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 24 | On employment , the Labour party would sign up for a massive extension of Community competence and majority voting in the name of the social charter . |
| 25 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 26 | Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean . |
| 27 | Things would quieten down for a little while and the huddles be reformed , but before long there was the crack of a whip and a pony and trap would dash down the field . |
| 28 | The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte . |
| 29 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
| 30 | All sorts would turn up for a little chat . ’ |