Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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1 | If you leave a sandpit or pool out for a while , the grass underneath will die . |
2 | Below Harry Dodson taking gardenia and stephanotis out for an airing , backed by a hedge of oldfashioned sweet peas |
3 | Never wipe Rosie and Jim off for a long time . |
4 | ‘ Clare 's seeing Sam and Josh off for a day on the speedboat . |
5 | McDermott has been given the all clear after missing last week 's game at Portsmouth because of an eye injury and Childs out for a month faces a late check on an injured groin . |
6 | A defence lawyer said : ‘ It is apparent she was asked to go along to give the appearance of a young man and woman out for an evenings drive . |
7 | Five of them , consisting of a family and friends out for a walk along the towpath , described only a scene of ‘ noisy confusion ’ which they ascribed to high-spirited students horsing about . |
8 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
9 | The entertainments manager wants to hear Frank sing and gears up for a rip-roaring session , at which the hapless hero launches into ‘ Early One Morning ’ — echoes of the audition Crawford did as a child for Benjamin Britten 's production of The Turn of the Screw . |