Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 2 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 3 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 4 | He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow . |
| 5 | Unless you are fortunate enough to work for a company that recognises this need , there are basically two options available for that initial promotion . |
| 6 | I got some quiet music and sat down to listen for a minute . |
| 7 | And Mum and Dad are going off on holiday on Saturday , so they wo n't be popping in to visit for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 8 | Ptr. , 1960 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 3 , where the executor of a deceased licence holder to whom the licence had been transferred failed , through inadvertence , not only to apply for a renewal at the next half-yearly meeting , but also to request a licensing court to deal with the matter at an adjourned meeting . |
| 9 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
| 10 | Furthermore , there was a danger that they would stay in service long enough to qualify for a retirement pension — an even more expensive proposition . |
| 11 | The maximum depth of the trench will be at the point where it enters the main sewer ; otherwise the trenches will need to be deep enough to allow for a fall of the required gradient away from the house . |
| 12 | Some forty years later , the town had grown big enough to call for a church of its own , instead of attending the mother church of Great Bowden . |
| 13 | However , it is surely necessary to agree also with Davies 's further observation that , to recognize the underlying force of such relatively informal and open modes of teaching is not necessarily to argue for a return to earlier more authoritative and intransitive modes . |
| 14 | Newsagent Jeff McKenna who runs a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool , wants local traders and residents to club together to pay for a policeman to patrol their area exclusively . |
| 15 | Salisbury looks good enough to stay for a while , although he briefly gives Sussex once again two players with three initials who have each played for England only once , the other being A.C.S. Pigott . |
| 16 | ‘ The Vetch ’ is a really good restaurant ; so good , I ca n't afford to eat there , but I have played there on occasions and most of the staff know me well enough to stop for a drink and a chat . |
| 17 | ‘ The whole point of this afternoon was to advertise my company , not to go for a jaunt along the river . ’ |
| 18 | A day longer to wait for a letter ! |
| 19 | Put ½ lb. of fine dried apricots to soak in water just to cover for a couple of hours — or overnight if it is more convenient . |
| 20 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 21 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 22 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 23 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 24 | He says to shower for at least 10 minutes and not to opt for a bath . |
| 25 | Well er in the early days , erm there were occasions where erm if I may say so , that , that just to divert for a moment , the scheme had to have supervision , and there was an increase in the staff , the number of foremen and chargehands increased . |
| 26 | He chose not to read for a fellowship and once it became clear that he was no longer in the race for academic honours he was not required to take all the examinations . |
| 27 | The UN Security Council , meeting in closed session on Feb. 26 , agreed not to call for a ceasefire until Iraq had agreed to comply with all 12 relevant resolutions . |
| 28 | Like Mr Rocard in 1988 , Mrs Cresson decided not to call for a vote of confidence on her new government 's programme , outlined to parliament on May 22nd . |
| 29 | As George loomed over her , she was planning in her mind when to take the sheets to the launderette , and whether or not to pay for a service wash . |
| 30 | So the reason I put Jasper Carrott up here is just to think for a moment , here 's somebody who 's obviously a really effective and great communicator . |