Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
2 | ‘ We can wait out here for a bit , ca n't we ? ’ he asked . |
3 | No pressure group can wait around forever for a change of government that may never come . |
4 | Otherwise we could search up there for a year and we would n't find her . |
5 | At one point , George Duke said to me , ‘ Why do n't you stay up here for a minute — I want you to play . ’ |
6 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
7 | But if I can move on just for a second , erm when you get over and above that , we have problems where people that are purchasing those sort of vehicles can not afford , with the best will in the world , to take them in to the main agents and have a full service , although they should do , but if you ca n't afford to do that and these are the problems that we had , so we actually changed that . |
8 | His mother reassured him , 'people often go down there with their dogs ; do n't worry , I 'm sure he would n't hurt you , but perhaps you should n't go down there for a week or two , David . ’ |
9 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
10 | I think we can go back just for a final to White Hart Lane , and join up with Nick Harris — got his breath back now Nick , I think a tremendous afternoon though for you . |
11 | I had an idea I could hide out there for a while , maybe rest up , maybe make a connection who could get me out of the City . |
12 | And er , we oh usually I could get on there for a , you , you can get erm I think it was a four-way ticket for threepence down the town . |
13 | Therese , could you come down here for a moment ? |
14 | One client may quite sincerely come in just for a form but another client who comes in ‘ just for a form ’ may indicate that they really need help filling it in . |
15 | Why do n't you come up here for a week or two and I 'll show you how to knit a string bag to put hubby in then you can hang him up with the onions . |
16 | Er these gentlemen have a presentation to make and I wonder if Ron would come up here for a moment , please . |
17 | Erm ironically I was one of those that went from Essex to Manchester and I did live up there for a couple of years but er decided to come back . |
18 | In the end , like , I just did n't come back here for a couple of months . |
19 | They did n't know what was going on , like , did n't know what to do , whether to lock me in me room , or let me out and do what I wanted to do , but in the end , like , I just did n't come back here for a coupla months . |
20 | The trip down would start off quietly for a while , everyone busily engaged in talking with friends , but soon the holiday spirit would prevail and after the first stop , singing would start , and then arriving at our destination , coaches to be unloaded , mountains of food carted on to the sands , and the task of enjoying oneself began . |
21 | you could nip on there for a |