Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 2 | ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’ |
| 3 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 4 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 5 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 6 | The reason is that foreign companies want to come here for a highly trained and highly motivated work force who work for good British companies . |
| 7 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 8 | Want to come in for a minute ? " |
| 9 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 10 | I think it 's brilliant , and when I came out of hospital you said mummy , I said I want to stay here for a couple of days is that Stacey ? |
| 11 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 13 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 14 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 15 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 16 | You try to get up for a cup of tea |
| 17 | And we always try to get together for a while in the same room before we play a concert , just to make sure we have a talk and a laugh . |
| 18 | It is not surprising that Dr L regarded the humanities with some contempt , arguing that students go to sign on for a medieval history course in the arts faculty and |
| 19 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 20 | Call free on for a catalogue . |
| 21 | ‘ And I suppose you 've come home for a day or two 's holiday ? |
| 22 | I 've looked everywhere for a weapon , but there 's nothing of any use , even if I had the strength and skill . |
| 23 | ‘ Fancy skiving off for a few hours ? |
| 24 | All through this they 've cried out for a modern definition . |
| 25 | But there 's something else — something else they 've known about for a long time but kept to themselves . ’ |
| 26 | I 've settled now for a sort of uniform during the day of a skirt , silk shirt and a jacket , with a three-quarter length cashmere coat over it in winter . |
| 27 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 28 | They 've gone out for a walk to have a cigar but as far we 're concerned they 're not having a cigar . |
| 29 | Well , we 've done that , as we said we would and of course , in a business such as Pearson , which is a people business er , although we regularly monitor employment statistics , such as total employ total number of employees er , revenue per employee , cost per employee , profit per employee , there are times when we have to take er , difficult decisions and er , so we 've gone in for a lot of redundancy , which we 'll see in , in er during the next slide or two . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've worked together for a very long time . ’ |