Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Durham Green Party has criticised the Government 's plan to stabilise carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 , and has called instead for a 50pc reduction . |
| 32 | David Porter , MP for Waveney , has called consistently for a national body to have overall responsibility for sea defences . |
| 33 | The Old Swan has become home for a Sunday School class , in order to offer customers a spiritual experience of a different kind . |
| 34 | Meanwhile , West Ham defender Julian Dicks has revved up for a big-match return tonight — thanks to a £10,000 Harley Davidson . |
| 35 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 36 | Matt has asked particularly for a device which can be interfaced with a computer so I have searched through my data library in order to find a short-list of suitable devices . |
| 37 | Speedy 's lay-off Thomson collides the Forest man Gemmell and the whistle has gone eventually for a free kick to Forest . |
| 38 | ‘ Your Mummy has gone away for a long time ’ usually only serves to leave the child frightened but feeling the anxiety of the adults all around which forbids further discussion . |
| 39 | Some fudge the issue by saying that the grandparent has gone away for a little while . |
| 40 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 41 | BOXER Michael Watson has gone home for a family Christmas to help with his recovery . |
| 42 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 43 | The Government allowed users a price cap as a transitional measure , but it has run only for a year , until March 1991 . |
| 44 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 45 | She 's expected to stay there for a few more days , as a precautionary measure . |
| 46 | A forty year old airliner that seats just fourteen passengers has taken off for a new lease of life in Australia . |
| 47 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 48 | I think it 's brilliant , and when I came out of hospital you said mummy , I said I want to stay here for a couple of days is that Stacey ? |
| 49 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get home for a drop of rum — I 've really missed that . ’ |
| 50 | Microsoft 's Windows NT group has signed up for a 20ft by 20ft booth , claiming it does n't have the budget for a bigger space . |
| 51 | Reed has signed up for a further period of seven years to publish the back list of John Steinbeck , after submitting a lavish brochure of marketing plans to the estate . |
| 52 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 53 | West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years . |
| 54 | Cleveland Ambulance NHS Trust has signed up for a Department of Health initiative which encourages healthy living for all staff . |
| 55 | As someone who has to ask occasionally for a care package for an individual , do I take it then the penultimate paragraph that this is the planning , you know , how you 're going to produce a care package for an individual , this is what you refer to in the planning system , and that you 're getting together with Social Services to get this care package together ? |
| 56 | Dyson half expected him to come jerking back for a reprise of the First Collect . |
| 57 | erm there are times , perhaps , when one feels this is a little bit dull and wants to skip on for a page or two , but I suspect that that is the case with most novels that one would want to read nowadays . |
| 58 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 59 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 60 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |