Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 3 | they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day ! |
| 4 | Even though she tried to listen out for the sound of a returning car , the castle and the road leading up to it remained as silent as the grave . |
| 5 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 6 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 7 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 8 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 9 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 10 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 11 | In one more smooth movement his own shirt was gone , and as she looked at him her naked skin seemed to cry out for the touch of his . |
| 12 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 13 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 14 | They arranged to go out for a drink on the second evening , although Kathleen was n't really looking forward to it as it was bound to turn into a ‘ What was the name of that blonde with the big chest ? ’ sort of session and she would end up driving them both home and quite likely putting them both to bed ! |
| 15 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
| 16 | For instance , the beginning could be ‘ It was a nice sunny day and all the fishes decided to go out for a swim . |
| 17 | ‘ Dominic had left his AA card at home — we had a bit of a row about that — so we gave up on the car and decided to go out for a meal . |
| 18 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 19 | Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 . |
| 20 | Stirling 's party decided to lie up for the day and , leaving the road , headed into some low hills covered with scrubby bushes . |
| 21 | They therefore decided to break up for a while because , Dustin said , ‘ I wanted my fling . |
| 22 | The two met at a rally and decided to team up for the Charrington RAC . |
| 23 | In a moment , the monster rose , lurching slightly , and started to head back for the dark tower . |
| 24 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 25 | The large crowd that crammed into the new men 's toilets at COLDALE TROJANS ground last month were disappointed that guests of honour , the Nolan Sisters , failed to turn up for the opening . |
| 26 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
| 27 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 28 | We were in Glasgow last weekend , and were quite chuffed when Ewan consented to come out for a walk just with us two , as he clings to Joyce a bit at the moment . |
| 29 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |
| 30 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |