Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cry out for an interpreter |
| 2 | ‘ I was quite prepared to play in the reserves , and wait patiently for an opportunity . |
| 3 | It is still the definitive cinematic story of the attack and , for all the commercial flaws of the film , it stands alone in technical accuracy and the actual attack scenes are among the finest put together for an aviation film . |
| 4 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 5 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 6 | dad , dad did n't say nothing about all evening just pop in for an hour , but I could n't see Stuey and me sitting there disturb him , scared |
| 7 | ‘ Lie back for an hour , and let your hungover husband bring you a bite of breakfast . ’ |
| 8 | But what 's really scary is that I often lie there for an age afterwards thinking , ‘ Just what will I do , if this dream should ever come true ? ’ |
| 9 | But the book 's publishers should be warned : if searches for extraterrestrial intelligence ever pay off , then stand by for an avalanche of orders from interested parties . |
| 10 | Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’ |
| 11 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
| 12 | Arrive early for an excursion to visit the great underground caverns at Dhrogorati . |
| 13 | Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock . |
| 14 | The findings indicated that , on average , computer systems crash nine times per year , per company , and that those systems stay down for an average of four hours . |
| 15 | Having asked the question , he offered no personal answer : ‘ Like jesting Pilate , I stay not for an answer : though the question awaits our collective resolution ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ They will arrive at twelve and stay probably for an hour and a half or so . |
| 17 | She did not aim for sleep , though , but lay there for an age wanting some of her anger back . |
| 18 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 19 | Please write briefly for an application form , quoting appropriate reference number , to the Personnel Section in Heidelberg , Germany . |
| 20 | Write briefly for an application form , quoting the reference 91/03 to : |
| 21 | You work here for an hour at either end of the day , sleep in this funny little store place I 've found you and during the day you can try and find something more normal . |
| 22 | We get a lot of people who have not cycled for years , they cycle tentatively for an hour , but then come back again to cycle the whole trail . |