Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a good " in BNC.
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1 | I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’ |
2 | A band played and onlookers waved and cheered as men , women and children wedged themselves into the tub carriages and settled down for a good day out . |
3 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
4 | If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application . |
5 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
6 | If you can swallow the unlikely nature of the killer 's powers , then you are in for a good rough ride down a murky road . |
7 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
8 | As children , we all got up to tricks like pinching a few apples or knocking on someone 's door and running away — all rather harmless , but if our parents found out , we would be in for a good hiding , a cut on the backside . |
9 | From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time . |
10 | If that can happen to one of the most prestigious shopping streets in the world , we can be sure that dispossessin' is in for a good run . |
11 | Ed was just like a one off and I 'm not forward any more at all and , you know , everyone thinks I am you know and Pete thought right I 'm in for a good time here , you know , I can probably get her you know , and so Charlie would have to carry out his part . |
12 | Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles |
13 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
14 | They were all having a packet of chips and fish — whoever fetched them I do n't know , cos they were all up for a good age : tell you , she were a hundred just in St Patrick 's Day . |
15 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
16 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
17 | All dressed up for a good cause |
18 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
19 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
20 | Yeah , then you I know , but John I mean you 'd be up for a good couple of grand if you did stick it out . |
21 | The method will depend on the variety so look out for a good reference book , such as Pruning by Christopher Brickell , £7.99 , Mitchell Bleazley — part of The Royal Horticultural Society 's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening series . |
22 | ‘ Out for a good time ? |
23 | And the relief of seeing this woman out for a good time , smoking dope , getting drunk , flirting and still not deserving to be raped ! |
24 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
25 | set to shoot it out for a good cause |