Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , it is best to send out a strong opener , that is someone who can be relied upon to go all out for a victory . |
| 2 | It is commonplace for me to step outside the door in the morning intending to do one particular task , and then to come back in for a lunchtime bowl of soup having done three or four entirely different jobs of maintenance or repair . |
| 3 | He left half his breakfast and wandered aimlessly about for an hour or two , listening to the other residents telling one another how awful it was . |
| 4 | She had to sit down , she thought , looking dazedly around for a chair . |
| 5 | Pompey are third in the table and are now going all out for a top two place and automatic promotion . |
| 6 | Bingham , in charge of his 116th international and scheduled to retire in December , said : ‘ I 'm going all out for a win . |
| 7 | Finding decent practice facilities was a constant headache , leading to some crazy situations ; in St Vincent , for example , Ken Barrington , the assistant manager , hunted all over for a place for Boycott to practise , and eventually found a piece of flat ground near the airport which had ducks waddling around and a donkey at long leg . |
| 8 | Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time . |
| 9 | As they came through the exit doors , Ricky looked wearily round for an Avis sign . |
| 10 | He looked desperately around for a weapon , picked up a bowl of hot soup and threw it at Edgar , who started screaming . |
| 11 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 12 | She was in her office all Tuesday afternoon and went straight off for a couple of days on some residential course . ’ |
| 13 | I woke as usual at half past six , and went straight out for a run in the park , like I do every morning , with LCpl Smith who has the bunk next to mine . |
| 14 | After getting some oxygen , he then went back in for a third time . |
| 15 | Placing her bag on the table , she halted beside him as she looked vaguely round for a mug . |
| 16 | Come on in for a cup of tea … " |