Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 2 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 3 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 4 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 7 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 8 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 9 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 10 | Her style is to run around the mat , changing direction at a moment 's notice , and then fly in for a throw . |
| 11 | pose endlessly for a photograph — |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 15 | Send now for a Tile Information Pack . |
| 16 | And when in Rome … just send out for a takeaway . |
| 17 | Shell out for a nest egg |
| 18 | He relaxed with a happy grunt , and we lay peacefully for a bit longer . |
| 19 | Yeah , hold on for a time , I 'll be with you in a minute . |
| 20 | Terrified , they seek fruitlessly for a means of escape from their hunters . |
| 21 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
| 22 | With the rod in my right hand and the line between butt-ring and reel looped over the middle finger of my left hand I wait impatiently for a bite . |
| 23 | See previous to that it was maybe every five years you put in for a wage increase a wage application . |
| 24 | ‘ We rang up the ‘ Kelly ’ show just for a joke . |
| 25 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 26 | It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink . |
| 27 | ‘ My mother will probably have a very genteel fit of hysteria , and my father will mutter something about it being a ‘ damn shame ’ and your not being ‘ the right kind of girl ’ , and then stomp off for a game of golf . |
| 28 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 29 | The one search will serve if you act also for a mortgagee , in which case name the mortgagee rather than the buyer , because the priority given to the mortgagee extends to the buyer , but not vice versa . |
| 30 | Hold up for a count of 10 . |