Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William lived on for a further 16 years after that , into the reign of George V and the First World War . |
| 2 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 3 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 4 | THE WORLD HAS stopped making sense again , and Odilo forgets everything again ( which is probably just as well ) , and the war is over now ( and it seems pretty clear to me that we lost it ) , and life goes on for a little while . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 6 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 7 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 8 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 9 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 10 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 11 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 12 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 13 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 14 | THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory . |
| 15 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 16 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 17 | A hundred thousand soldiers seems to have been the maximum any Hellenistic state was able to gather together for a decisive battle . |
| 18 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 19 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 20 | With the game going into added time Michael Galwey , after good work by Geoghegan , Clarke and Bradley , got in for an Irish try . |
| 21 | It argues that renewable energies are not developed enough for a higher goal , but if more money for research was made available , the future could be very different . |
| 22 | MEMBERS of LASMO Nova Scotia 's relative response team recently checked in for a flying visit around the Halifax international heliport . |
| 23 | However , on Saturday , October 10 , it is pencilled in for a proposed Newcastle to Maryport via Leeds , Skipton and Workington special , returning to Bradford Forster Square . |
| 24 | Their exports were not always spectacular but their industries produced enough for a growing domestic market . |
| 25 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 26 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 27 | " Collection " covers " a collection got together for a temporary purpose " , but not one " made or exhibited for the purpose of effecting sales or other commercial dealings " . |
| 28 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 29 | ‘ The players have to be prepared to put themselves into dangerous positions , to go in for a hard tackle , be brave and take the blows . |
| 30 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |