Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 2 | Rory , everybody 's up , they 're walking round the house , they 'll come out for a breath of air if they do n't hear you , even . |
| 3 | Well they 'll put in for a transfer . |
| 4 | By evening , he would be recovered , and they could go out for a jar , maybe . |
| 5 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking . |
| 9 | Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ? |
| 10 | ‘ I used to dream that one day they would call out for a 10-year-old from the audience to give them a hand . |
| 11 | They would call in for a glass of beer on their way back from a shift . |
| 12 | They can go out for a meal . |
| 13 | And then as I say they can write off for a pack and they get examples which cost them . |
| 14 | They can come in for a meal or a show and not have to worry about last trains , or driving back . |