Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immigration laws inherited from the former East German state , which were due to expire on January 1st , are being allowed to carry on for Soviet Jews arriving in Berlin . |
| 2 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 3 | Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours . |
| 4 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 5 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 6 | to sit down for five minutes after the tea , no the other one was , is that the biggest one ? , thanks , there you are |
| 7 | So I 've got time to sit down for five minutes before we go out ai n't I ? |
| 8 | And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’ |
| 9 | I need to sit down for three minutes or , me back 'll snap in two . |
| 10 | Are you coming to sit down for this meal ? |
| 11 | Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ‘ mini studios ’ , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . |
| 12 | Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ‘ mini studios ’ , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . |
| 13 | When the band is removed from the machine there will be two ends of yarn to sew in for each buttonhole . |
| 14 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 15 | At home he decided to go in for wholesale enclosures , encouraged his tenants to take long leases by reducing their rents , and instructed them in modern scientific methods . |
| 16 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 17 | New York drug dealers seem to go in for sophisticated marketing ploys . |
| 18 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 19 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 20 | Kitchen floors need to be tough enough to withstand all sorts of spills , grease and damp , comfortable enough to stand on for long periods , and handsome to look at . |
| 21 | Never use wicker chairs to stand on for odd jobs around the house . |
| 22 | Balbinder was always pleased to come along for these sessions , to play with my children 's toys and run in the garden . |
| 23 | Bloke supposed to come in for new business pitch will have got there by now . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , that 's the first thing we have to make him see , then we need to get him to come in for regular counselling sessions . ’ |
| 25 | " Now , I asked you to come over for several reasons . |
| 26 | If the answer is yes , ask your Guider to write off for more information . |
| 27 | ‘ If the church is n't going to stand up for good values , who is ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 29 | Reading right-wing papers also made people more inclined to believe the Conservative Party had convincing policies and was likely to keep its promises , that Kinnock was neither decisive , nor trustworthy , nor a good leader of a team , and especially that he could not be relied upon to stand up for British interests against the USSR . |
| 30 | It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise . |