Example sentences of "come [adv] for a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’ |
2 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
3 | Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility . |
4 | The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try . |
5 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
6 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
7 | In due course ( usually about the end of January ) such Bills will come up for a second reading , i.e. they will appear again on the order paper for consideration during private business , the first item on the Houses ' agenda after prayers , usually 2.35 to 2.40 or 2.45 p.m . |
8 | ‘ I never seen anybody come back for a second dose of the blue , ’ said a man behind her , for all the world as though he were safe reminiscing in some bar of his old age . |
9 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |