Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay frozen for a moment , and then I called out , " Who is it ? " |
| 2 | Do you know I lay awake for a little while last night and came to the conclusion that I had no grounds for thinking him old or frumpy ? |
| 3 | Before making more coffee I stand silent for a full minute , to be sure there 's nothing out there I should have heard . |
| 4 | MIs do n't use it regularly , I know that for a fact . |
| 5 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 6 | ‘ You mean , I talk funny for an ex-bog-trotter slum-kid ? ’ |
| 7 | I stay local for a night , then climb the ridge above the far side of the fjord , making for Hestöfjordur and a view of the big glacier . |
| 8 | I do this for a long time . |
| 9 | so I was n't er but sure about taking the students whether put it in , but they 're only sending me four I think two for a month |
| 10 | In general the obsidian forms only on the outer skin of the lava , which is rapidly chilled , while the central parts of the flow , which remain hot for a long while , consist of rhyolite . |
| 11 | you sit here , you sit still for a minute and eat , eat your sandwich and I 'll just put Joseph in the car oh what |
| 12 | Very often you will be disappointed — ‘ … you want that for a seven year old car . |
| 13 | There is a high mortality associated with old people who lie undetected for a long time , both related to the injury sustained and to complications ; such as hypothermia , dehydration , bronchopneumonia and breakdown of pressure areas ( Wild et al , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | You lie low for a while , and you disperse a handful of coins , singly , perhaps not to the best advantage , but still it 's all clear profit . |
| 15 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
| 16 | I says , Steve gets paid this week , and you know that for a fact ! |
| 17 | When you feel nostalgic for a change , it 's time to head for the hills . |
| 18 | Well you ca n't use that for a buzz , you use that for a buzz do n't you ? for a buzz ? |
| 19 | Moreover , one of the gratifying aspects of attaining state retirement age is that you become eligible for a variety of benefits , for example : concessionary travel , free national health service prescriptions , cheaper theatre and cinema tickets ( usually matinees ) , reduced entrance charges for exhibitions and a wide choice of special holiday offers . |
| 20 | If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors . |
| 21 | We want some for a little jacket mum |
| 22 | In general this book is written in a register we consider appropriate for a textbook of this type . |
| 23 | . We believe that for a structure plan to go forward now in the present state of policy guidance , bearing in mind that 's on the basis of P P G twelve and with P P G thirteen lying in the wings . |
| 24 | Yeah we pay that for a year . |
| 25 | And when the ā gri goes inside they remain fixed for an instant on the li ga and the ground around it , with the four white bodies , and the separate wide-eyed heads , and the stains of blood going brown already in the trampled grass . |
| 26 | Everybody sit still for a minute and what were you gon na say ? |
| 27 | and then when you get the to the end of it all you sa you say and they sell that for an eighth of a price that you charge for your bloody beer ! |
| 28 | They stand still for a moment in their original positions . ) |
| 29 | Mates of theirs if there 's a fight they come back with blades and that and like baseball bats , hammers , they get ready for a fight , but they 're all gone . |
| 30 | Ooh he want , he want that for a test ? |