Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time . |
| 2 | Those moths that settle there will probably only stay for a day and then continue higher still . |
| 3 | Breathless , she straightened up and said fiercely , ‘ You can only stay for a minute and then you must promise to go . ’ |
| 4 | However campers should only stay for a night or two , be unobtrusive and sensitive to wildlife , and leave no litter . |
| 5 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 6 | Each driving the other towards the kind of frustration which you can only feel for a family member . |
| 7 | What else is his Eucharist but , at a higher level , an endless act of fruitful out-pouring of his whole flesh , such as a man can only achieve for a moment with a limited organ of his body ? |
| 8 | Ellen wondered if she should perhaps look for a replacement , but put it off . |
| 9 | Such a reformulation would not only call for a reassessment of traditional notions and practices — balance , impartiality , objectivity , ownership , editorial sovereignty — but would also require the media to improve upon their present performances in explaining events in the world . |
| 10 | He 'd only go for a couple of hours to his London office . |
| 11 | Despite the fact that Bill was in his mid-fifties and had a chronic heart condition , which meant he could only play for a maximum of five minutes a match , it was a good move on Fred 's part as the pub owned the cricket pitch at the rear and naturally , as captain , Bill felt obliged to hand it over to the club , and so ‘ The Tip ’ was born . |
| 12 | The most important difference is that the symptoms of Chronic Urethritis will only last for a day or two after intercourse . |
| 13 | Much as I might personally long for a world where sun and moon danced together and all the trees clapped their hands , it remained intangible . |
| 14 | ‘ If Rocastle feels he has no future at Leeds he can obviously ask for a transfer ’ |
| 15 | The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions . |
| 16 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 17 | Nenna did not answer for a second , and Tilda bellowed : |
| 18 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 19 | Right , well let's just think for a minute exactly what you just said , can you repeat to me roughly what you 've just said ? |
| 20 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 21 | The firm should not normally act for a client where the divestment is of a start-up business . |
| 22 | ‘ Let's just wait for a while , eh ? |
| 23 | Marion does not qualify for a maintenance grant because her parents are well off , but they are also estranged , from each other and from her , so she is obliged to support herself at University with a variety of part-time jobs . |
| 24 | Dominique Strauss-Kahn , France 's trade minister , said his government would not act for a month but could demand retaliatory measures if the US acted . |
| 25 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 26 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 27 | Sensibly he did not wait for a reply , since the possibilities were clearly endless . |
| 28 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 29 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 30 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |