Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 2 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 3 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 4 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 5 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 6 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 7 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 9 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 10 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 11 | But the Signpost Hotel Guide survey of 300 hotel owners showed that fewer people are bothering use a false name when they book in for an illicit weekend . |
| 12 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |
| 13 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 14 | A minute into the second half , Alton made up the deficit when Paul Ventham intercepted a defender 's pass to put Whiddett through for a clinical finish . |
| 15 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 16 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 17 | And when in Rome … just send out for a takeaway . |
| 18 | Shell out for a nest egg |
| 19 | ‘ The times cry out for a dramatic change in our relationship to our neighbour , the Earth and , at root to God . |
| 20 | cry out for an interpreter |
| 21 | Yeah , hold on for a time , I 'll be with you in a minute . |
| 22 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
| 23 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 24 | See previous to that it was maybe every five years you put in for a wage increase a wage application . |
| 25 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 26 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 27 | It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink . |
| 28 | You could tackle the island 's one and only hill south of Es Calo , stop off for a welcome break at El Mirador and as you cool off with an iced drink , take in the panoramic view . |
| 29 | It is also taking a 49.9% stake in Swedish food company Bake Off for an undisclosed sum . |
| 30 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |