Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so struck with the place that when I came back to Le Court I told John that he ought to go there for a visit . |
| 2 | He may come in for a steak , but he wants to take his time and enjoy a leisurely meal . |
| 3 | Tomorrow he may come in for a steak , but needs to be in and out in ten minutes . |
| 4 | He should legislate now for a referendum to be held once the negotiations at Maastricht are complete . |
| 5 | then he 'll button down for a bit |
| 6 | He felt that the forces that had brought him to this narrow corner of a Neapolitan street — the wish , on the one hand , to track down Elsie and now the fear , on the other , that this search would lead him to harm — these forces might hold him there , his foot on the edge of the pavement overhanging the choked and filthy gutter , in a kind of uneasy equilibrium and he might stay there for a long , long time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days . |
| 9 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 10 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 11 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 12 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 13 | He 'd come across for a coffee , wish me all the best . |
| 14 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 15 | He would go out for a walk , leaving me alone for an hour , then return full of high spirits , shouting from the doorway : . |
| 16 | He said he would ask Sir David Attenborough to help her , which he did by checking out her agent and saying he would look out for a film part for her . ’ |
| 17 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 18 | During the famous Intermezzo the conductor asked Mascagni if he would take over for a moment . |
| 19 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
| 20 | His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . |
| 21 | But he will slip away for a holiday in a luxury Spanish villa after the final ceremony . |
| 22 | He was sentenced to two years at Springhill Open prison near Aylesbury for the attack on John , now every other weekend he can come home for a visit . |