Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got Lyn who 's due to go back for a month erm end of May for most of er June , upstairs |
| 2 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 3 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 4 | In keeping with their true natures , some look out for a dealer who has passed it , and beg him to sit it again , for them . |
| 5 | Again , this worked well for a while . |
| 6 | The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner . |
| 7 | This went on for a long time . |
| 8 | shur shur shur shur shur shur shur , and this went on for a week an little teacher , Miss , she called out stop doing that ! |
| 9 | Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing . |
| 10 | Some carried enough for a family . |
| 11 | While the English waited patiently for a fetch to appear , as a summons for mortals to proceed to the grave , it is interesting to note that the word was adapted by the Portuguese as fetisso ( magician or oracle ) , and involved a concentrated worship of idols to determine the future , including the time of death . |
| 12 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 13 | For two months Alison was a counsellor looking after American children at a camp in Pennsylvania , after which she was free to travel around for a month . |
| 14 | When one considers the proximity of Zurich ( so easy to go there for a show or a concert , have a meal , and arrive back home at a reasonable hour ) , the thriving variety of Winterthur 's night life is surprising . |
| 15 | There is a real feel here for a developing area of research , which avoids giving a misleading impression that the current state of the art provides any ultimate answers , handed down on tablets of stone from above . |
| 16 | James would probably have been content to live quietly for a time but both Mary and Louis were insistent on immediate action and his chief remaining ally in the British Isles , Richard Talbot , Earl of Tyrconnel , Lord Deputy and Commander-in-Chief in Ireland , wrote urging him not to settle into comfortable inactivity in France when Ireland offered a kingdom of his own ‘ plentiful in all things for human life ’ . |
| 17 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 18 | Would it not be a good idea if the airlines , when checking in passengers in those countries from which large quantities of drugs come to this country , were to hand each passenger a paper in his or her own language clearly explaining that if they bring drugs into the United Kingdom they are likely to be caught and , if they are caught , they are likely to go away for a very long time indeed ? |
| 19 | Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement . |
| 20 | But Ball 's committee seems likely to press instead for a box which doctors should tick if they want a generic drug substituted . |
| 21 | He was supposed to turn in for a disciplinary hearing over three weeks ago , but he never did . |
| 22 | After the Williams Report , it was very hard to argue convincingly for a laissez-faire approach to screen entertainment . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've all got problems , but you 're welcome to stay here for a bit . ’ |
| 24 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
| 25 | Bloody cheek , do him the world of good to go without for a day or two . |
| 26 | ‘ And to keep that feeling together I will try and make arrangements that we can all team up for a leisure day . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 're all going out for a meal . |
| 28 | we 're all going out for a drink with yourselves I think . |
| 29 | And two friends are , we 're all going out for a a Christmas meal like , so |
| 30 | all going out for a Chinese because it 's this girl 's birthday tomorrow , so there 's er eight of them all going out . |