Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Should n't think so for a minute , knowing him . ’ |
| 2 | I should n't think so for a minute darling . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment , ’ said Rufus , whose speech grew more precise when he was drunk . |
| 4 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment . ’ |
| 5 | The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face . |
| 6 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |
| 7 | Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time . |
| 8 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 9 | My parents are going to France at Christmas and erm I do n't wan na go with them really and nor does Digby so he , Digby 's gon na come and stay just for a bit and my house it has to be empty and Foxy 's coming round to stay . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 11 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 12 | Is n't it good to know you can sprint effortlessly for a bus , you can run up a flight of stairs without your heart thumping ? |
| 13 | Sometimes she would stay away for a day or two . |
| 14 | Instead of a plot of intertwined complication , which would do nicely for a book in which its unravelling was the whole of the matter , you might well find that a plot which consisted of only one major twist or deception would suit you best . |
| 15 | No , I shall not do so for a second , because it will prolong matters . |
| 16 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 17 | Those 48 companies in the top 100 that provide balance sheets must do so for a reason . |
| 18 | The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16 , but the odds are now stacked against Howard Kendall 's men after the way they lost their grip on this fiercely-contested fourth-round tie . |
| 19 | With the redundancy I have time to go and search properly for a job . ’ |
| 20 | If a noble was excluded from favour at court , his dependants might look elsewhere for a patron , and the noble 's following would thus be weakened . |
| 21 | Once that has been completed the scaffolding will be removed and the Banco di Roma will provide indefinitely for a team of gardeners and maintenance officers to keep the upper walls free of weeds that grow in the crevices , loosening small bits of masonry and concrete that are then dislodged by birds or lizards . |
| 22 | I am would claim now for a man who has a disability claim . |
| 23 | In future , ministers need not look far for a way to bridge working relationships between central and local government . |
| 24 | The chefs and waiters will work here for a year . |
| 25 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |
| 26 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 27 | Instead of looking directly for something one wants to get a true belief about , one can look instead for a sign . |
| 28 | Previously , he says , the intended individual could claim neither for a legacy nor a trust . |
| 29 | A minority government formed by Labour or the Conservatives would , he maintained , create instability and uncertainty rather than work constructively for a partnership government which would last for a parliament . |
| 30 | And farmer Dennis Reynolds says the cost of making the birds plump enough for a feast is chicken feed — especially when supermarket meat can cost £1 per lb . |