Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 2 | The Minister will know from many of the schemes that he visits that one of the carrots that they hold out to young people is the ability to drive vehicles off road and eventually to train for a full licence . |
| 3 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 4 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 5 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 6 | When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family . |
| 7 | Unless you are fortunate enough to work for a company that recognises this need , there are basically two options available for that initial promotion . |
| 8 | Ptr. , 1960 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 3 , where the executor of a deceased licence holder to whom the licence had been transferred failed , through inadvertence , not only to apply for a renewal at the next half-yearly meeting , but also to request a licensing court to deal with the matter at an adjourned meeting . |
| 9 | If , as happened very occasionally — for instance in the great boom of 1872–3 — some workers actually earned enough to afford for a brief moment the luxuries which employers regarded as their right , indignation was sincere and heartfelt . |
| 10 | But his response was merely to press for a greater supply of British goods to those colonies to reduce their sterling balances . |
| 11 | Furthermore , there was a danger that they would stay in service long enough to qualify for a retirement pension — an even more expensive proposition . |
| 12 | The maximum depth of the trench will be at the point where it enters the main sewer ; otherwise the trenches will need to be deep enough to allow for a fall of the required gradient away from the house . |
| 13 | Some forty years later , the town had grown big enough to call for a church of its own , instead of attending the mother church of Great Bowden . |
| 14 | However , it is surely necessary to agree also with Davies 's further observation that , to recognize the underlying force of such relatively informal and open modes of teaching is not necessarily to argue for a return to earlier more authoritative and intransitive modes . |
| 15 | We know , therefore , that the frequency of landslides is quite enough to account for a major part of the wearing down of new mountain chains . |
| 16 | The bill was designed to permit workers in companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually to care for a sick or new child , receive medical treatment or tend to a seriously ill spouse or parent . |
| 17 | Top-up orders indicate the restaurant is going to have to make do with existing equipment until trade picks up enough to pay for a complete replacement . |
| 18 | The original grant of £500 p.a. ( then enough to pay for a part-time secretary ) has been steadily increased to a sum of £20,140 p.a. in 1988 . |
| 19 | Newsagent Jeff McKenna who runs a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool , wants local traders and residents to club together to pay for a policeman to patrol their area exclusively . |
| 20 | Salisbury looks good enough to stay for a while , although he briefly gives Sussex once again two players with three initials who have each played for England only once , the other being A.C.S. Pigott . |
| 21 | The two groups , representing Asian and North American communicators , pledge below to strive for a more just global communication environment . |
| 22 | We must rely , as heretofore , upon the social acumen of the judges ; but at the same time we are entitled perhaps to ask for a little more boldness in the formulation of principles . |
| 23 | ‘ The Vetch ’ is a really good restaurant ; so good , I ca n't afford to eat there , but I have played there on occasions and most of the staff know me well enough to stop for a drink and a chat . |
| 24 | CIVIC Forum , the Czechoslovak opposition movement , reacted in fury last night to the resignation of the Prime Minister , Mr Ladislav Adamec , accusing him of being entirely to blame for a ‘ political crisis ’ , and of citing ‘ untrue facts ’ in earlier threatening to resign . |
| 25 | The cordon was eventually lifted at 1900 hours and the section flown home , only to prepare for a very full day 's patrolling on the following day . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | A day longer to wait for a letter ! |
| 28 | Put ½ lb. of fine dried apricots to soak in water just to cover for a couple of hours — or overnight if it is more convenient . |
| 29 | Well er in the early days , erm there were occasions where erm if I may say so , that , that just to divert for a moment , the scheme had to have supervision , and there was an increase in the staff , the number of foremen and chargehands increased . |
| 30 | So the reason I put Jasper Carrott up here is just to think for a moment , here 's somebody who 's obviously a really effective and great communicator . |