Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come .
2 The reminders of the V-Force will live on for a while yet until the Victors are retired so perhaps we will see more of this not unimpressive aircraft in 1993 .
3 Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ?
4 If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer .
5 If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? "
6 At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ?
7 ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack .
8 The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now .
9 The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now .
10 Hang on for a second please .
11 Put it on low and leave it the night and day cos it was left on for a week once was n't it ?
12 ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’
13 The following techniques are outlawed under s3 : restricting the right to bid to more than one article ; goods being knocked down for a price less than the highest bid ; or where there are " free " gifts .
14 He walks up and down for a while outside , unable to settle to the prospect of going to bed .
15 Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’
16 I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard .
17 Went down for a walk today did n't we ?
18 He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things .
19 Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning .
20 so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now
21 Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether .
22 Let it carry him along for a bit longer .
23 I also understand that Basildon has erm got the same fate , so you know , it looks as if were in for a campaign there .
24 " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . "
25 ‘ I had a cartilage operation three and a half years ago , and I went in for a tackle just before Christmas and damaged it again .
26 You 're in for a treat today Barry .
27 She 's in for a surprise though .
28 So they kept him in for a cat instead , but Jessie wanted a , then Jessie , she could 've just love a fluffy white , so .
29 I have n't had an evening in for a week now .
30 But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’
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