Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] for [art] [noun] " 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 | Anybody who " ramps " or causes " ramping " of USM stocks in this way cares more for the profits on his own transaction profits possibly running into thousands of pounds than he does for those of his clients . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They usually give him a 20 pence piece and he heads straight for the bar to buy his favourite ready-salted snack . |
| 23 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 24 | She looks incuriously for a moment , not to be outfaced , and then turns away . |
| 25 | Their progress over the next two weeks will solve the Guineas mystery , but that is of little concern to connections of Dr Devious , who heads now for the Kentucky Derby ( for which he is 10–1 from 12–1 ) in Louisville on May 2 and returns to Epsom for the Ever Ready Derby in June . |
| 26 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 30 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |