Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 3 | ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She wants to go away for a holiday , too . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Howard hugs her , and has to look away for a moment , he is so moved . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | She 's expected to stay there for a few more days , as a precautionary measure . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get home for a drop of rum — I 've really missed that . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Customers will expect to pay more for a reputable brand , but they will also expect the price charged to be consistent with their perceptions of the product ; * the amount and style of advertising and sales promotion ( Promotion ) will influence the consumer 's perception of the product , which in turn must influence on-going company product and brand development activities ( Product ) . |
| 15 | One would generally expect to pay less for a private company than for a similar public company . |
| 16 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 18 | For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’ |
| 19 | I would like to go just for a trial . |
| 20 | When the party ends , how 'd you like to go someplace for a drink ? |
| 21 | But no matter ’ — his voice rose now — ‘ you 've got to go there for a time , anyway . |
| 22 | If he would like to sit there for a while and learn something , I will then cheerfully give way to him . |
| 23 | A good negotiator can make a customer feel satisfied after they have had to work hard for a small discount . |
| 24 | ‘ Would you like to come home for a drink ? |
| 25 | Over there they have lots of servants , and her mother asks me if I would like to work there for a year , looking after Charlotte , so that Nicola could come and stay with them . |
| 26 | I should like to intervene only for a moment because I have an important constituency interest in that Gatwick , a major inter-national airport , is within my constituency . |
| 27 | In practice , however , these ‘ big ’ nations , especially since the 1960s , have had to settle more for a de facto goal of minimizing imports ( mainly from the USA and Japan ) and attempting to achieve a balance of imports and exports on electronics and communications trade . |
| 28 | ‘ If it 's all the same to you , ’ Ruth said , ‘ I 'd like to stay outside for a bit . |
| 29 | You may like to think quietly for a few moments , then read these words from the first letter of John . |
| 30 | ‘ He is going to stay here for a while . ’ |