Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come on in for a cup of tea … " |
| 2 | Rose walked on thoughtfully for a bit , then she turned to Hilary and said : ‘ You went to see your mother last week , did n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | Therefore if during this first shopping trip of your preparation phase you want to pop in somewhere for a drink and a snack ( assuming that this is fairly usual for you ) , go ahead and do it . |
| 4 | You 're you 're all right for a hair brush then are you ? |
| 5 | It 's all right for a man ; men are used to smutty books and vulgar jokes — women do n't go for things like that . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd also got an injunction against him because he became violent , and that was all right for a bit . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm all right for a couple of minutes . ’ |
| 8 | The wheels would be all right for a couple of days ; then they 'd become ten times worse and they 'd have to come to the smithy . |
| 9 | The Stage Manager would give him the line , he 'd be all right for a couple more sentences , then , ‘ Sorry , it 's gone again . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I thought he was all right for a millionaire . |
| 11 | That would not be all right for a priest . |
| 12 | ‘ All right for a start . |
| 13 | I would have been killing myself laughing if the team were n't battling away so furiously for a winner and the whole place going mad . |
| 14 | Only Mr Kenneth Baker , secretary of state for education , said promptly , ’ more money and put in successfully for a rise in the science-research budget . |
| 15 | A quick , sharp beverage that hits you in the throat and then in the guts ; that changes , perhaps only for a time , your way of seeing the world ? |
| 16 | So he was only in for a couple of days then ? |
| 17 | Nearly long enough for a dress in n it ? |
| 18 | And now he was insinuating that she would be extending her stay long enough for a tour of the whole country ! |
| 19 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 20 | Fortunately , they decided they could bear each other 's company long enough for a farewell tour , starting next month , and also a valedictory album . |
| 21 | So much for a tradition whose origins may be traced back to early classical times ! |
| 22 | So much for a weekend break on Alpha Centauri ! |
| 23 | After my divorce , we seemed to get along better for a while . |
| 24 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 25 | The only real surprise about Danny Rampling 's fine debut single ‘ I Hate Hate ’ is that it 's taken so long for a DJ of his reputation to commit himself to vinyl . |
| 26 | John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive |
| 27 | Urquhart sauntered along thoughtfully for a moment , stopped and turned to face her . |
| 28 | He had himself witnessed the ‘ dissidence of dissent ’ as a child : his father , a stonemason in Hexham , left the local Congregational chapel when the new minister turned out to be an Arminian , and migrated , somewhat illogically for a Calvinist , to the local Wesleyan chapel . |
| 29 | He felt only sorry for him and sure that , if they could stay alone together for a while , Fiver would come round to an easier state of mind . |
| 30 | Perhaps just for a while to tide you over a particularly bad crop of bills . |