Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It goes on for a minute . |
| 2 | The Parks tournament at Calderstones Park , which starts on July 19 and goes on for a week , will have the added bonus of the Dunlop tennis roadshow , with Castle and other leading coaches topping the bill . |
| 3 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 4 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 5 | Chris , tall , lithe and manly , strips off and goes in for a swim in his panda-briefs . |
| 6 | Yeah , and if goes in for a pint he gives you a packet now . |
| 7 | A packet now , goes in for a pint . |
| 8 | He goes in for a sort of hall-of-mirrors self-impersonation , telling people how he would have done the murder if he had done it ( which he has ) . |
| 9 | Her mother goes in for the bingo . |
| 10 | Let's begin by assuming that your plot actually has somewhere for a garage to stand . |
| 11 | The Borough , willing enough to disparage and hunt down Grimes , cares little for the fate of his apprentices , though Crabbe is never as explicit as Slater is in the libretto . |
| 12 | It 's different here , Léonie tried to explain : in our kitchen in London no one ever drops in for a chat . |
| 13 | Tiger Moth pilot Tony drops in for a pub pint |
| 14 | Judi Goodwin drops in for a mince pie and soaks up the atmosphere of this warm , family home . |
| 15 | He lives only for the moment , and he is already a changed man . |
| 16 | An animal capable of symbolization can carry away from a situation an inner trace that stands in for the response it may make when it next encounters the situation . |
| 17 | That has now decided that it will have one meeting of it 's council a year which will be it 's A G M , it has not for the moment elected an executive committee . |
| 18 | By caring for his own health the Profitboss cares best for the company , its people and the profits they make . |
| 19 | In fact , ultimately ( as " the most honest theoretical man " , Lessing , perceived ) he cares more for the search after truth than for truth itself . |
| 20 | His counterpart in ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ — George Wickham — stands also for the rejection of society 's standards , but he turns out to be a rake and a liar — a totally unsuitable match for any of the Longbourne girls . |
| 21 | They usually give him a 20 pence piece and he heads straight for the bar to buy his favourite ready-salted snack . |
| 22 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 23 | She looks incuriously for a moment , not to be outfaced , and then turns away . |
| 24 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 25 | Something vulnerable in her manner brings out an element of sadism in the way the long final act teases her endurance ; but it also makes the denouement extremely touching , and the part lies well for a voice that has managed Janacek 's Capture as well as Verdi 's Violetta . |
| 26 | This would not have had the same meaning as it has today for the term park originally meant land enclosed to keep beasts for hunting or ornamental purposes . |
| 27 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 28 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 29 | long time see , see such an impression of dodgy back acting , poor old William Roche who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street has been moaning and groaning and wincing and rising in the most frightful and indeed the most convincing of manners , he has even for the match of the |
| 30 | Someone who cares passionately for the quality of his ingredients is top chef Raymond Blanc . |