Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 2 | ‘ That was the FRG from Soltau — they 've cleared most of the tasks from last night , less a Chieftain power pack change that 's in hand and one badly bogged tank — they 're having to find a route in for a second armoured recovery vehicle , and , of course , the last Challenger pack change — how are the lads doing on those packs that came in this morning ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
| 4 | Russell said , " Before you leave , put money down for a mescal . " |
| 5 | Van Cleef was cast opposite Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) and The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ( 1966 ) and immediately became a major star and a poster pin-up . |
| 6 | It 's not no y you using a you put a boiler in for a purpose , is to heat your water up in n it ? |
| 7 | You put your guitar down for a second , and just as you turn away there 's a horrible discordant ker-draanngg ! , accompanied , if you 're unlucky , by the even more expensive noise of your headstock suddenly leaving the band to embark on a solo career . |
| 8 | Just take an odd sock , put your hand inside and pull the toe in for a mouth , stick paper shapes on for eyes and nose . |
| 9 | For sure , Disneyhood wo n't be challenging Swans in the heavyweight ring just yet , but they frequently flourish a muscular grip on proceedings , ultimately putting their collective foot down for a finale of ‘ Sight Return ’ , intimidating in its volume and velocity . |
| 10 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |
| 11 | She stopped and put her case down for a moment to try and collect herself ; her hands were trembling uncontrollably from the weight . |
| 12 | Yeah Can I just flick the light on for a second ? |
| 13 | turned our day upside down for a lark . |
| 14 | He was n't going to come charging back , forcing her to remember things she had worked long and hard to forget , turning her entire world upside down for a second time . |
| 15 | Once seed heads/leaves change colour remove and hang upside down for a while ensuring the tips preserve too . |
| 16 | Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time . |
| 17 | Well it 's the wrong pattern , up side down for a start , with the other piece of |
| 18 | ‘ Did you hear about the Irishman who took his car in for a service ? |
| 19 | The world 's No. 1 batsman , according to the ratings , was two days into his 40th year , and had once again set his side up for a further victory to help blot out the misery of 1987–89 . |
| 20 | Well no you 'd be amazed what they do , if you leave Blu Blu- tac up for a while how it actually takes |
| 21 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 22 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 23 | In contrast Stanley 's usually made the inspired calculations of a good invitation side out for a scoring spree . |
| 24 | Sir James pushes the boat out for a double celebration |
| 25 | It 's it is a nationwide survey on spoken English erm there 's a somebody approached me today and said would I carry a tape around for a week and record people talking . |
| 26 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 27 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 28 | I believe the Colonel now thought things so pacified that it was safe and expedient to bring his oldest child out for a vacation . |
| 29 | If a man was lucky it was a case of pop in for a quick half , then home to a meal of bubble and squeak with the Missus . |
| 30 | Get off and milk it hooray go on pop in for a pint , wife wo n't mind go on pop in for a pint , wife wo n't mind , hooray |