Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 2 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 3 | You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union . |
| 4 | As soon as I was clear of the entrance to the voe , I let the boat steer herself while I put the kettle on for a cuppa after a modest breakfast of bread and cheese . |
| 5 | The management of the large Alhambra Theatre agreed to put this on for a week as a curtain-raiser to a horror film starring Boris Karloff . |
| 6 | She put the kettle on for a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 8 | Mrs. Feather says : " I 'll put the kettle on for a cup of tea . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got the kettle on for a cup of tea . ’ |
| 10 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 11 | ‘ You 're to ride Shine On for a spot of work . ’ |
| 12 | This output is in turn fed to a monostable made up from NAND gates IC4c , IC4d which is turned on for a period of a few milliseconds determined by the values of resistor R17 and capacitor C4 . |
| 13 | Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten . |
| 14 | Using a pre-set timer , the lights can be set to stay on for a period from 25 seconds to 12 minutes . |
| 15 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 16 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 17 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 18 | He went hunting in Grasmere , and often stayed on for a party in the evening after a hunt . |
| 19 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 20 | And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't ! |
| 21 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk . |
| 23 | It 's not like us nipping down for a pint with the vicar ! ’ |
| 24 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 25 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 26 | Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time . |
| 27 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 28 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 29 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
| 30 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |