Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house . |
| 2 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |
| 3 | Eyes down for a full house . |
| 4 | Cos I 've got to take these kids up for a bath soon er er you can stay |
| 5 | ‘ Just lads out for a thrill , ’ she said . |
| 6 | The good nature and humour of most Scotsmen never failed to appreciate the situation , ( an immigrant father taking his kids out for a run to the country ) and they at all times were friendly . |
| 7 | I cried my eyes out for a night then started writing my own songs . |
| 8 | As I see it , you get your bills in for a certain amount and you 've got to pay it . |
| 9 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 10 | HANGING AROUND : He gets the chance to put his feet up for a moment before the jump |
| 11 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 12 | Amaranth had no wish to be caught napping in the lounge of the Grand Hotel ; how much better to return to ‘ Mon Repos ’ and put her feet up for an hour or so . |
| 13 | He came into the hangar where Preston was gluing bits of plane together and told him he was taking one of the new chaps up for a spin . |
| 14 | Boxing : Sky lines up for a classic TV fight : Neil Wilson on the big battle of the small screen and growing threat of the extra terrestrial to the conventional channels : ‘ We 're not averse even to putting major sport on our movie channel .. |
| 15 | I find it very difficult to dwell on these serious — even gloomy — thoughts when the sun is shining , the winds light and I have been asked to take a party of visitors out for a boat trip . |
| 16 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 17 | Walking back through the jungle I thankfully did n't come across any trap-door spiders but as dusk fell I was entranced by a cluster of trees which were suddenly lit up like Christmas trees by the thousands of glow-worms out for a night of passion . |
| 18 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 19 | Sunsail is willing to organise virtually anything , from regattas to simple fun days out for a small group ; you could charter all 15 of their 36ft yachts , or just sail a dinghy around the Solent . |
| 20 | The 21-year-old international , also a forward , clocks on for a trial period today , 24 hours after the arrival of Norway 's star striker , Tore Andre Dahlum of Rosenberg , who started a week 's trial yesterday . |
| 21 | Infra-red detectors are very effective devices — they react to body heat , and will leave lights on for a predetermined time after they first sense body heat . |
| 22 | to be three weeks , got ta putta your banns in for a month |
| 23 | You take self take the employment figures down for a start . |
| 24 | Leave the lights off for an hour or so after you have added the fish to the tank , to give them a chance to settle . |
| 25 | He said OK rewrite them , so I held things up for an hour and at the end of it he said he was n't convinced . |
| 26 | ‘ Then it must have been holiday-makers out for a walk , ’ said Betty . |
| 27 | This summer the centre will have many of corporate customers , high flyers out for a trial lesson with their colleagues . |
| 28 | These simply involve inviting a handful of neighbours in for a fairly informal plate-on-your-lap spaghetti meal . |
| 29 | Indeed , he and his mates had driven to a house in East Belfast straight from the fracas , to try and tee some pals up for a quick retaliation . |
| 30 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |