Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But United embarked on what Mr Ferguson dubbed ‘ kamikaze football ’ against City and ended up hanging on desperately for a point . |
| 2 | — Sit down again for a minute . |
| 3 | ‘ Sit down again for a while . ’ |
| 4 | This goes down well for a while , until the ‘ MC ’ puppet finally orders them to ‘ kindly leave the stage ’ or to be quiet . |
| 5 | Yeah yes the we went to we used to go down there for a day to Skeggie . |
| 6 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 7 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 8 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 9 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 10 | So , I 'm fed up I want to go to Malita And then we get , they 'll call in and say you have n't come up there for a week ! |
| 11 | ‘ We can wait out here for a bit , ca n't we ? ’ he asked . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He giggled : ‘ We ought to creep out singly for an assignation . ’ |
| 14 | There was a plop as it landed in the water , then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down . |
| 15 | No pressure group can wait around forever for a change of government that may never come . |
| 16 | Well I mean I 've looked round here for a pair of blinking shoes , the only trouble here er had over here is that I 've got to go somewhere where they 're wide enough and that 's |
| 17 | okay Now hold , hold on just for a moment . |
| 18 | They drove on silently for a few minutes and then Mrs Lomax suddenly spoke . |
| 19 | Urquhart sauntered along thoughtfully for a moment , stopped and turned to face her . |
| 20 | It started when some people dropped in unexpectedly for a drink one evening and simply would not go . |
| 21 | Do n't forget , we only came down here for a drink . |
| 22 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
| 23 | I knew I 'd got kids written down here for a reason . |
| 24 | Grown up enough for a proper kiss , I wonder ? ’ |
| 25 | Although desperately tired both had pushed any thoughts of sleep from their minds , though after checking in at the hotel , the Vendome … chosen for its proximity to the station … , they had each taken a long , refreshing shower before meeting up again for a late breakfast in the dining room . |
| 26 | She came up here for a night to see Mummy , to sort out some details about the wedding . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We had a game of tennis and came back here for a drink , that 's all . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He came back once for a check . |
| 29 | ‘ I came out here for a breath of air , ’ he said , ‘ but I guess it 's time to go back now . |
| 30 | Looking around then for a non-union post he succeeded in getting an appointment to the Script Department at Ealing Studios , a complex famous the world over for its comedies . |