Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adv] " in BNC.

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31 They are not tremendously significant unless a person s name comes up for a more senior position .
32 True , it is Crush drummer Ric Menck 's ( 30th ) birthday , and he 's out for a grinningly good time , whatever the weather .
33 La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters .
34 La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters .
35 La Plante obviously enjoys writing tough , all-action thrillers but this latest epic was crying out for a little more subtlety and a couple of rounded characters .
36 So someone would come and clean his car and he 'd give it to them , yet you would work your guts out for a fairly modest salary …
37 On the first morning I woke up feeling great , like a kid , stretched my arms and thought , Now I 'll have a cup of tea and stroll out for a Then it hit me . "
38 They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth .
39 Ellwood said , ‘ So just stick around for a little longer , yeah ?
40 Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward .
41 This can be so even where you have not had to shop around for a more favourable report .
42 They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 .
43 But once the kids arrive , then everything changes — now I know I want to be around for a very long time . ’
44 Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ?
45 It 's , I am sure , been around for a very long time .
46 It is important to have been about for a very long time .
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