Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 2 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 3 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 4 | I hope there will yet be occasion to make use of them again in the same cause , even if we must wait now for a better opportunity . |
| 5 | If you could qualify either for a reduced pension of your own or a dependant 's addition , the higher of the two would be paid . |
| 6 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 7 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 8 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 9 | In any case , as a result of the growing emphasis on patrilineal descent in all aristocratic families , even the noblest of wives could do less for an eleventh-century lord than she could have done for his grandfather . |
| 10 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 11 | A DOCTOR and a student will warm up for an Arctic adventure by spending tonight in a seafood freezer . |
| 12 | AS SOON as she arrives back from her American lecture tour tonight , Mrs Thatcher will head straight for a glittering parlour in central London . |
| 13 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 14 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 15 | Recording will begin shortly for a second title , Better Than Life , which is due in the autumn . |
| 16 | Now we need an optimistic accountant , can somebody look out for an optimistic accountant |
| 17 | Well that 's what you can spend now for a good one . |
| 18 | We could not sensibly plan ahead for a doomsday-type catastrophe . |
| 19 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 20 | When inflation falls , industry can plan again for a profitable future . |
| 21 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
| 22 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 23 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 24 | Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again . |
| 25 | On employment , the Labour party would sign up for a massive extension of Community competence and majority voting in the name of the social charter . |
| 26 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
| 27 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 28 | The Government warned that it would apply only for a short period . |
| 29 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 30 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |