Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drop in for some caffeine and culture ! |
| 2 | Evidently , one tends to forget the worst episodes over time , and remembers only those items that stand out for some reason ’ . |
| 3 | If you look around for some field that has yet to be used in a crime story and then insist on using it when it has not filled you with enthusiasm , your book will be leaden . |
| 4 | I slow down for some cows and greet many people but I do n't usually have to stop now , even for elders . |
| 5 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 6 | She did n't know whether the loose wheel would come off quite soon or stay on for some miles , but she realised that sooner or later the wheel would break loose and that if Daddy or the A.A. man did n't reach her before that happened Miss Clinton would be likely to crash . |
| 7 | Oh yes , I had a gentleman turn up for some physio on his arm . |
| 8 | It might also cause the price of oil to soar above $50 a barrel and stay there for some months . |
| 9 | We sit there for some time but I keep glancing up , and gradually become terrified that the man is somehow not dead or has become a zombie and is climbing back up the shaft towards us , to push the grating up and put his already rotting hands down and grab us both by the hair . |
| 10 | Meryl could sense the woman 's agitation and anger , and cast around for some diversion . |
| 11 | ‘ You come back for some papers . ’ |
| 12 | Humiliation of those in power We search diligently for some fault in them and , having found it , we broadcast our discovery through the instantly available and internationally linked media , sometimes with negligible supporting data . |