Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | BIG BLUE MOVIES , OR HANG THIS FOR A LARK , IBM 's GOING TO THE PICTURES |
| 2 | Larger animals which are not subject to the whims of wind and current may flash by or come closer for a brief look . |
| 3 | Just sit down and and sit still for a minute because you 'll be standing for a long time playing the recorder as well , if you want if you want to go to the toilet just take yourself all right . |
| 4 | ( See Goodman and Redclift 1981 for a good discussion of this debate ) . |
| 5 | We got back to camp around 4pm unloaded the van , cleaned all our blackened pots , put away our food , unpacked our gear , had hot showers , washed our hair and got ready for a big lobster dinner with fresh corn and a huge green salad and gobs of ice cream or frozen yoghurt . |
| 6 | After Ken went , they drove off to Hornsey in the ambulance and stopped first for a Chinese meal — much against Lou 's wishes ; she does n't like Chinese — followed by a session at the pub . |
| 7 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 8 | They may also furnish invaluable information on the target company through their analysts and can provide the manpower and support necessary for a contested takeover . |
| 9 | He was running sixth and looking good for a point after a tense battle in the final laps when he span off the rain-soaked track on the last lap . |
| 10 | He was running sixth and looking good for a point after a tense battle in the final laps when he slid off the track on the last lap . |
| 11 | Starting downwind and with lots of speed , roll inverted and hold this for a moment ( consult the judges of your particular contest for advice on how long a ‘ moment ’ is ) with zero , or slight negative pitch . |
| 12 | Comments : Small but high quality auditorium , with comfortable seating for up to 75 people , and costing 50 for an evening . |
| 13 | She thought she would probably always wake before him , and lie quiet for a while , just being happy . |
| 14 | pol polish up on the mirrors and get ready for a mock test |
| 15 | With great trepidation and much backsliding the tsar eventually granted the serfs a sort of freedom , but if their interests had been dear to his heart he could have committed himself earlier and pressed harder for a settlement which gave them an economically viable future . |
| 16 | With a sweeping run down the outside , the Sadler 's Wells colt displayed impressive acceleration to lead inside the two-furlong marker and draw clear for a length-and-a-half victory over Dr Devious , from whom he was receiving 5lb . |
| 17 | I have seen in my own area where wee lads who were on the border line of going one way or another regarding life in Northern Ireland , ending up getting jobs and doing great for a year and at the end of the year just thrown back onto the dole and people have lost interest in them again . |
| 18 | It was only when I swung to the left and broke free for a moment that I was able to observe that he was wearing my dad 's grey towelling dressing-gown . |
| 19 | You go to Peter and pay that for an ordinary |
| 20 | ‘ I 've given them good service — 130 goals in 140-odd games — and feel good for a few more seasons . ’ |
| 21 | Then , prior to my game , go to the gents , clear my head and feel ready for an appearance . |
| 22 | Charles blustered and looked affronted for a moment while he took this in . |
| 23 | There was Donald from the smithy , joking with young McLaggan from Grandtully and two of his own daughters — they had brought parcels of food and bottles of drink and looked ready for a good day 's outing . |
| 24 | One would then throw out all but the best — that is , the shortest — routes , and keep these for a kind of ‘ survival of the fittest ’ . |
| 25 | " It is a woman you will be then , Sara Hussey , " she whispered to herself , and lay awake for a long time after , watching a narrow strip of moonlight creep slowly across the wall . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Hugh and lay quiet for a while . |
| 27 | And do that for a while as well as some , some voluntary work . |
| 28 | The two sessions were a mixture of going through tapes and other materials , editing and adapting these for a thirty-minute radio programme , watching a documentary of a 1944 Lancaster raid on Germany and reflecting on the project as a whole . |
| 29 | One proposal is to take a 2-kg piece of tellurium and leave this for a year ; tellurium is chosen because it transmutes into xenon , which is unreactive and relatively easy to detect . |
| 30 | I spat into my fingers and used them , then found his foreskin was loose enough to be rolled back and forth over the head , and did that for a while . |