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

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1 The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard .
2 William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War .
3 The Gaijin rode on for a moment .
4 The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 .
5 Just one of the six keyboards on test came close to meeting the criteria I initially laid down for a replacement keyboard , the Fuller FDS. Even here the poor workmanship left much to be desired .
6 Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there .
7 With the game going into added time Michael Galwey , after good work by Geoghegan , Clarke and Bradley , got in for an Irish try .
8 The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas .
9 The Defence Minister barely flinched as the camera zoomed in for a close-up of his face as they ran the famous film clip from mid-December , 1987 , in which he promised that it would all be over by Christmas .
10 He plunged down for an interminable second , arms and legs splayed out in abandon , forgotten , tumbling anyhow , and crashed onto the stage on his back , lying across Bothwell , whose cloak was the colour of blood .
11 Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain .
12 They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm
13 The work hummed on for a while .
14 When life sank down for a moment , the range of experience seemed limitless … .
15 By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair .
16 Dougal bent down for a closer look .
17 Rex moved in for a cuddle .
18 He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks !
19 Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol .
20 His eyes clouded over for a moment , and his voice became gruff .
21 Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break .
22 The goalkeeper was well beaten , but as the ball cannoned over for a goal kick and the chance went .
23 All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’
24 As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean .
25 ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 .
26 The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in .
27 Tomorrow night we 're back with the display team , this time in the city of San Diego where huge and hungry crowds built up for a game of American football .
28 The afternoon audience steadily declined , built up for an hour or so in the late afternoon and then surrendered to TV , except for another late-night blip .
29 Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila .
30 Ockleton described a sweeping circuit of the room , missing all the many obstacles in his path without apparently noticing them , and finished by the window , where he peered out for a full minute or so at the view it commanded of a blank gable-end and half the dome of the Radcliffe Camera .
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