Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time . |
| 2 | Breathless , she straightened up and said fiercely , ‘ You can only stay for a minute and then you must promise to go . ’ |
| 3 | However campers should only stay for a night or two , be unobtrusive and sensitive to wildlife , and leave no litter . |
| 4 | Those moths that settle there will probably only stay for a day and then continue higher still . |
| 5 | Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal . |
| 6 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 7 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 8 | In ordinary aquarium sand or gravel it will merely survive for a few months . |
| 9 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 10 | HIV is a very weak virus and can only survive for a very short time when it is exposed to air outside the human body . |
| 11 | Each driving the other towards the kind of frustration which you can only feel for a family member . |
| 12 | What else is his Eucharist but , at a higher level , an endless act of fruitful out-pouring of his whole flesh , such as a man can only achieve for a moment with a limited organ of his body ? |
| 13 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 14 | While Lee 's claims on Dickerson are evidently still large , perhaps he 'd better look for a new cinematographer now that his old pal has a director 's credit . |
| 15 | If it did n't , I thought re-reading had better keep for a rainy day . |
| 16 | Ellen wondered if she should perhaps look for a replacement , but put it off . |
| 17 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |
| 18 | The question arises whether a subcontract owner-driver is really an independent contractor or , in fact , because he does so much work for a particular haulier , an employee of that haulier . |
| 19 | One would obviously hope for a linear dependence of the A-measure on area . |
| 20 | Now Rebecca 's family can only hope for a suitable kidney from an accident victim . |
| 21 | That will not happen immediately or alternatively it will only happen for a short period of time . |
| 22 | If you hold a full Great Britain licence but are currently disqualified in GB you may only apply for a provisional licence . |
| 23 | Such a reformulation would not only call for a reassessment of traditional notions and practices — balance , impartiality , objectivity , ownership , editorial sovereignty — but would also require the media to improve upon their present performances in explaining events in the world . |
| 24 | He 'd only go for a couple of hours to his London office . |
| 25 | Despite the fact that Bill was in his mid-fifties and had a chronic heart condition , which meant he could only play for a maximum of five minutes a match , it was a good move on Fred 's part as the pub owned the cricket pitch at the rear and naturally , as captain , Bill felt obliged to hand it over to the club , and so ‘ The Tip ’ was born . |
| 26 | So at that time , the midwife would only come for a a quite a small proportion of the time then ? |
| 27 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 28 | It involves beliefs such as ‘ There is n't enough to go round ’ , ‘ I never have enough money ’ , ‘ Money does n't grow on trees ’ , ‘ You have to work hard for what you want ’ , ‘ If I have more , others have less ’ , ‘ Better save for a rainy day ’ and ‘ It 's immoral to be rich when so many people are starving and homeless . ’ |
| 29 | The most important difference is that the symptoms of Chronic Urethritis will only last for a day or two after intercourse . |
| 30 | Laboratory experiments can only last for a relatively short time , and have to be held within the confines of the laboratory . |