Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit .
2 Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point
3 ‘ Thank you , but I do n't want to go out for a meal tonight . ’
4 You do n't want to work hard for a year establishing your act , get offered a tour , and then find that your drummer wo n't give up his milk round .
5 You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there .
6 Did you want to stand up for a minute ?
7 I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round .
8 ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday !
9 ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’
10 I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’
11 Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just .
12 You want to go out for a wee wee puss ?
13 It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment .
14 However , perhaps even more significantly , certainly for the junior players , is the opportunity they have earned to go forward for a personal screening at Bradnam 's unique Herts-based Dewhurst Tennis Academy , the operation which has firmly set about the task of uncovering a future British Wimbledon champion .
15 The practical tasks a carer has to carry out for a dementia sufferer are not necessarily , of course , the hardest part of care .
16 She wants to go away for a holiday , too .
17 they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day !
18 The reason is that foreign companies want to come here for a highly trained and highly motivated work force who work for good British companies .
19 and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days .
20 Want to come in for a minute ? "
21 Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism .
22 However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term .
23 JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks .
24 The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China .
25 While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry .
26 Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath .
27 Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink .
28 Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending .
29 Howard hugs her , and has to look away for a moment , he is so moved .
30 I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’
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