Example sentences of "[vb infin] there for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 2 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 3 | Can I just stop there for a minute er er is this the best |
| 4 | I 'll hide there for a week , get some money out of Fagin , then escape to France . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We can hide there for a while . |
| 6 | Typist Mary Kupenda says : ‘ Such workplaces will be called brothels and men will flock there for a nice time ’ . |
| 7 | Perhaps we could go there for a drink later ? |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't go there for a rest , you silly blighter , ’ said Chatterton affectionately . |
| 10 | He felt that the forces that had brought him to this narrow corner of a Neapolitan street — the wish , on the one hand , to track down Elsie and now the fear , on the other , that this search would lead him to harm — these forces might hold him there , his foot on the edge of the pavement overhanging the choked and filthy gutter , in a kind of uneasy equilibrium and he might stay there for a long , long time . |
| 11 | ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray . |
| 12 | As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , it wo n't hurt there for a bit till I can get down , ’ murmured Peggy , and struggled up higher and on to the topmost branches . |
| 14 | right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you |