Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
| 2 | She went out , leaving Peter Suvarov to wait for a more rational assessment of Julia 's state from Annunziata . |
| 3 | And then of course , this was all blown when th the raids stopped for a quite a long time , all these bloody kids came back ! |
| 4 | It was an easy way out , but one which could make for a far more enjoyable session . |
| 5 | References may not be recommended where they could be appropriate or useful ; in other places , too many references can make for a very tedious search . |
| 6 | In a typical institutional kitchen the combination of floor tile , water , grease , food spills and so on can make for a very dangerous environment . |
| 7 | If workers are given jobs for life or if their wages are linked to age and seniority does this not make for a much less flexible labour market ? |
| 8 | Few performers would be entirely happy touring the country as , say , Oswald Mosley , although it might make for a more interesting evening dramatically . |
| 9 | I promise it will make for a more positive atmosphere around you . |
| 10 | Some of the procedures of discourse analysis will make for a more profound examination of this process . |
| 11 | The enormous contribution made throughout history — particularly in the arts — to society by homosexuals should surely make for a more tolerant and sympathetic understanding than to refer with such scorn to Wilde 's ‘ abnormal and filthy practises ’ . |
| 12 | If the English paintings in the National Gallery could be included ( and I imagine that is not possible ) , it would make for a truly remarkable museum a real tribute to the ‘ Englishness of English art ’ . |
| 13 | Twice a week , having given their word of honour that they would not attempt to escape , those prisoners who wished to go for a heavily guarded march through the surrounding countryside , along lanes chosen for their loneliness , were allowed to do so . |
| 14 | I think it would be better , in my own experience , move over to that er the left a little bit just to go for a slightly more interesting composition . |
| 15 | Now we need to go for a more direct experience , feed in the kind of energy you get at raves , for example . |
| 16 | And indeed , to go for a more precise figure would suggest that I was making a particular point . |
| 17 | I mean that was made abundantly clear by Mr Topham , who represented the Parish Council at the site meeting , whe when er one of the senior planning officers was present , so it 's an absolute nonsense if they 've gone and encouraged the developers to go for an even higher roof line . |
| 18 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
| 19 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
| 20 | Prost had come cheap — virtually free for the first year — and Niki had re-signed for a very large sum indeed . |
| 21 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 22 | A locum consultant failed to spot the result of her earlier test and arranged for a totally unnecessary exploratory operation . |
| 23 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 24 | The ineffectiveness of prosecution , or the threat of prosecution , to deter large stores from Sunday opening has caused local authorities , who are charged with the enforcement of section 47 , to search for a more effective remedy , and as a result they have resorted to seeking injunctions to restrain stores from infringing the section . |
| 25 | The author craves to be forgiven for a very brief self-quotation in illustration of this from a work of his own : |
| 26 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 27 | They lay for a little , amicably holding hands . |
| 28 | Once he is asleep , he sleeps for a very long time — thousands of years in fact . |
| 29 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 30 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |