Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute .
2 If she would like the family and close friends to gather together for a meal or light refreshments after the service and committal , you will of course have prepared for this beforehand .
3 ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’
4 She did not have to wait long for a train .
5 More so at that time when companies were culled from post-war part-blackout part-music hall Britain to cling together for a while on what usually became the wreckage of a production .
6 If not , she could try to find somewhere for a cup of tea .
7 At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on .
8 Some who were working intended to slip away for an hour or so .
9 ‘ Would you like to come home for a drink ?
10 Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need .
11 The only way to write well for an instrument and exploit its full potentials is to know it intimately well .
12 You may think it is a rum thing that a chap like Tim should pay an arm and a leg to come here for a year and then teach us a thing or two but then I am perfectly happy to admit that we do n't know everything .
13 ‘ There must have been a reason to come here for a day . ’
14 ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday !
15 ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here .
16 You do n't want to work hard for a year establishing your act , get offered a tour , and then find that your drummer wo n't give up his milk round .
17 Finely spread bait means they have to work hard for a meal and therefore remain in the swim for the maximum length of time .
18 If you are planning to work overseas for an organisation with which you are not very familiar , it makes sense to check that they are a bona fide , reputable organisation with a good track record of treating executive employees fairly .
19 Over there they have lots of servants , and her mother asks me if I would like to work there for a year , looking after Charlotte , so that Nicola could come and stay with them .
20 Following the thought of my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) , may I invite the Minister to come there for a walk with his dog on Christmas day to envisage the damage that the new road will cause ?
21 I would like to go just for a trial .
22 All the way through school , my mum used to go away for a fortnight 's rest during the summer and I would go and stay in one of the various holiday homes for disabled children .
23 If you have cavity wall insulation as well , the only way you can test for its effects is to go away for a while , to a house without sources of formaldehyde .
24 She wants to go away for a holiday , too .
25 For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’
26 A photographer from Spanish Cosmo tries unsuccessfully to get him to go outside for a shoot .
27 In the case of this applicant , he would have been happy to have obtained any place in the service , for he hoped to arrange thereafter for a transfer to the stations which he really desired , Coldingham or Eyemouth , where he had business interests .
28 You should continue to walk aerobically for a minimum of 30 minutes each day , four times a week ; and you should continue to use the low fat Walking Diet recipes and adapt them to your own diet .
29 First , the shot-gun approach involves the buyer saying ‘ Unless you agree immediately to a price reduction of 20% we 'll have to look elsewhere for a supplier . ’
30 ‘ He 'd have to look elsewhere for a vet . ’
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