Example sentences of "[det] for a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martindale is another valley which seems to have altered little for a century or more . |
| 2 | It sleeps eight comfortably , and rents for between £352 and £489 each for a week if eight share , including hire of one car and flights , or £449 to £699 each if four take it . |
| 3 | And then do that for a fortnight so she still did n't have any money . |
| 4 | All these examples pre-suppose , without justification , that for a school or college partnership means work-experience . |
| 5 | See well , you could er I still went with the horse and cart down there on a Saturday , take the meat , still the same I done that for a year or two . |
| 6 | I did that for a year until the scheme finished . |
| 7 | He 'll be doing that for a day or two , till I can take over my own wavelength completely . |
| 8 | ‘ Leave it like that for a day or two . ’ |
| 9 | That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet . |
| 10 | you see I go on fruit and that for a day and all I do the next day is get a terrible cramp in the stomach |
| 11 | And do that for a while as well as some , some voluntary work . |
| 12 | We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her . |
| 13 | Oh we have n't read that for a while cos you read them to yourself now do n't you ? |
| 14 | Was that for a couple or single ? |
| 15 | And you could go to that for a weekend if |
| 16 | Okay so we 've got thirteen pounds forget about that for a minute and then fifty pence . |
| 17 | Okay we 'll leave that for a minute and we 'll have a look so you can forget all about it right then I 'll ask you later when you 've forgotten okay . |
| 18 | And I have not , and I would n't want to unless she was in such a condition , can you manage to sit there like that for a moment while I 'll manage to go and get a pad ? |
| 19 | Now the diabetic , I 'll leave that for a moment because I 'll do that in a moment , erm the absorption , usually gardeners , agricultural people that have , dealing with ordinary insecticides , pesticides , herbicides and all the other -cides that er , are about today , they 're usually protected , but sometimes either you get somebody in a garden with and using all these things and they , they do n't read packets do they any more ? |
| 20 | ‘ You should be able to stand like that for a week before the nerve implants get tired . |
| 21 | Just walk around with that for an hour or so . |
| 22 | But one does feel sometimes — is a film entitled to sweep you so compellingly into someone else 's life so completely that for an hour and a half you are them — is it then entitled to drop you just when this character is in a perfectly hopeless situation ? |
| 23 | Because I mean , that , it , it costs the earth anyway , that damn stuff , it really does , with it , and it 's a , well I , I did it on about eight hundred sheep so you know , my men are stuck in this for a day or two . |
| 24 | Is love meant to glow on like this for a while after the set has been switched off ? |
| 25 | I have been contemplating this for a while and would love advice from other knitters who have tried it ! |
| 26 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 27 | Shall I stop this for a while because of the noise ? |
| 28 | Continue this for a week or two , and compare the two records to see if there are any likely suspects . |
| 29 | I puzzled over this for a week or so , before a second whisper clarified the message . |
| 30 | ‘ So I thought bugger this for a lark and got rid of them , and the next couple of days I tried to ring you , but … ’ |