Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 2 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 3 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 4 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 5 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 6 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 7 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 8 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 9 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 10 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 11 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 12 | There have been frequent demands for a single system and investigations of its possibility ; for after the introduction and spread of comprehensive schools it was clearly both inconvenient and divisive that pupils within the same school should be classified either as fit to take the GCE or fit only for the CSE . |
| 13 | See how , sometimes , the largest fish will hover at the tail-end of the shoal , while his tasters — or so it seems — accept almost every likely-looking morsel , only to leave some morsels alone as though there was something special about them , and fit only for the King . |
| 14 | Only a short while later these were accused ( by Schiller amongst others ) of being not worthy of him - ‘ Fit only for the nursery , to use in connection with Noah 's Ark ’ — but the truth is they are irresistible . |
| 15 | The village was too peopled by women , fit only for the baking of cakes and arranging tombola stalls . |
| 16 | ‘ Without a trade , without a craft , without any values — scrap iron that does not count , rubbish fit only for the waste heap ’ is how Canon Henry Scott Holland summed up the problem : ‘ We the public have used him up : he is no more to us now than a squeezed orange . ’ |
| 17 | Tossed between them like a broken toy fit only for the dustbin . |
| 18 | It does not , however , say much for the Worcestershire industries that , apart from salt , cloth making was the only one noticed by Leland , although it was unimportant except in Worcester and towns like Kidderminster , where there were swarms of poor artificers , and Bromsgrove . |
| 19 | Newcomers concentrate on the winemaking and the flower arrangements , while locals head single-mindedly for the beer tent and the equally serious business of the vegetable show , a forum in which husbandry skill is still subject to public competition . |
| 20 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 21 | pose endlessly for a photograph — |
| 22 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 23 | We were delighted to have a distinguished group from Bulawayo fly over for the opening , and some who stayed through the week . |
| 24 | It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two . |
| 25 | We apologise unreservedly for the offence caused by the reported remarks and give every assurance that we will continue to work positively with the community . ’ |
| 26 | → Of course we apologise unreservedly for the error contained in Tony Iommi 's interview . |
| 27 | Hurry off for the bran . |
| 28 | Send off for the copies you missed and complete your collection of Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine . |
| 29 | Again , send off for the school prospectus and find out the school 's aims and objectives . |
| 30 | Too many people do not think about where would be best to sail and invariably head straight for the coast in an effort to make progress . |