Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time . |
| 2 | Those moths that settle there will probably only stay for a day and then continue higher still . |
| 3 | Breathless , she straightened up and said fiercely , ‘ You can only stay for a minute and then you must promise to go . ’ |
| 4 | However campers should only stay for a night or two , be unobtrusive and sensitive to wildlife , and leave no litter . |
| 5 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 6 | Each driving the other towards the kind of frustration which you can only feel for a family member . |
| 7 | What else is his Eucharist but , at a higher level , an endless act of fruitful out-pouring of his whole flesh , such as a man can only achieve for a moment with a limited organ of his body ? |
| 8 | Ellen wondered if she should perhaps look for a replacement , but put it off . |
| 9 | Such a reformulation would not only call for a reassessment of traditional notions and practices — balance , impartiality , objectivity , ownership , editorial sovereignty — but would also require the media to improve upon their present performances in explaining events in the world . |
| 10 | He 'd only go for a couple of hours to his London office . |
| 11 | Despite the fact that Bill was in his mid-fifties and had a chronic heart condition , which meant he could only play for a maximum of five minutes a match , it was a good move on Fred 's part as the pub owned the cricket pitch at the rear and naturally , as captain , Bill felt obliged to hand it over to the club , and so ‘ The Tip ’ was born . |
| 12 | The most important difference is that the symptoms of Chronic Urethritis will only last for a day or two after intercourse . |
| 13 | Much as I might personally long for a world where sun and moon danced together and all the trees clapped their hands , it remained intangible . |
| 14 | ‘ If Rocastle feels he has no future at Leeds he can obviously ask for a transfer ’ |
| 15 | Right , well let's just think for a minute exactly what you just said , can you repeat to me roughly what you 've just said ? |
| 16 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 17 | The firm should not normally act for a client where the divestment is of a start-up business . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , this is not to be , since it transpires that the gentleman from British Rail was nothing short of a duplicitous cad ; there are no small compartments , just open-plan carriages too large to be defended by even the most outrageous behaviour , so I slump sullenly into a corner , wallowing in layers of dust and grime that would easily qualify for a Quentin Crisp kitemark , waiting for the guard to switch on the heat and the lights , preparatory to the departure of the Sir John . |
| 19 | ‘ Let's just wait for a while , eh ? |
| 20 | Any part of the cost of a development which is attributable to plant and machinery will generally qualify for a 25% annual allowance if it is used for the purchaser 's trade or leased by the purchaser to another for the purpose of the other 's trade . |
| 21 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 22 | Do n't just look for a job in jobcentres ’ — after all , the Government have closed down most of them — ’ but get out and actively look for temporary work elsewhere . ’ |
| 23 | Let's just move for a minute or two into wider applications , in industry . |
| 24 | ‘ But the board know when contracts are up and now they expect me to just sign for a year . |
| 25 | ‘ Ca n't you just relax for a minute , Alison . |
| 26 | Faced with this pressure Aquino met with supporters in the Senate and with Cabinet officials on Sept. 23 and announced that she would no longer press for a referendum , although she would not prevent others from doing so . |
| 27 | While her father stated , ‘ We can easily cope for a week , ’ and with a questioning look to Cara , ‘ or two ? ’ he queried . |
| 28 | Can I , can I just pass for a minute and think on this one and come back . |
| 29 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
| 30 | Go ahead , hello is Sergeant Briggs there please , if you would just hold for a minute , beep , beep , beep , beep , beep , hello this is Sergeant Briggs who 's calling ? |