Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyeing the police car , she wondered whether it belonged to Officer Hassan and whether it was worth hanging around for a word with him . |
| 2 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 3 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 4 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 5 | I began trying to play ‘ God Save the King ’ , but after tapping away for an hour with one finger I had n't made much progress . |
| 6 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 7 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 8 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 10 | After messing about for a while , they roped in drummer Anthony — Derbyshire born , now a Nottingham resident — and discovered common musical ground . |
| 11 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 12 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 13 | It is worth pausing here for a moment to reflect on the weight of traditional thinking that McDowell is seeking to shift : |
| 14 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 15 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 16 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 17 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 18 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 19 | Austin , Texas-based , Tivoli Systems Inc has appointed Chris Grafft as vice president of Unix development : the distributed management software company , which has collected $6m in venture money so far , is thinking of going out for a ‘ few million ’ more in a third round . |
| 20 | Paddlers are then faced with the choice of going upstream for a mile to Broomhill Bridge or downstream 3 miles to Grantown-on-Spey to lift out . |
| 21 | A bit of security of employment so they can sort of sort out for an holiday . |
| 22 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 23 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 24 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 25 | The hon. Lady had the advantage of slipping out for an hour , when no doubt she managed to get hold of that news . |
| 26 | IMAGINE stepping out of the shower into the caress of a tropical breeze — instead of reaching out for a tatty old bath towel . |
| 27 | Whe , when we went to the one in Twickenham , James really like it sort of go out for a ni Indian meal and stuff . |
| 28 | THE new captain of Preston Grasshoppers is none other than England lock WADE DOOLEY , which wold suggest that — at least at club level — the ‘ Blackpool Tower ’ has every intention of playing on for a little while . |
| 29 | Santos preaches the virtues of working legitimately for a crust and our hero merely sneers until he spies the seductive posterior of Amber Evans ( Stacey Dash ) , follows her into her swanky office and obtains a job in the mailroom despite having a criminal record to rival Al Capone . |
| 30 | That is to say we are , we all need renewal and new ideas , but we stick to old quarrels and re-run old battles because we do n't know how to face up to the real problems at the present , nor to find ways of working together for a worthwhile future . |