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

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1 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 . ’
2 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 .
3 She put the kettle on for a cup of coffee .
4 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 .
5 Mrs. Feather says : " I 'll put the kettle on for a cup of tea .
6 ‘ I 've got the kettle on for a cup of tea . ’
7 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
8 ‘ You 're to ride Shine On for a spot of work . ’
9 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 .
10 Caducius had been found by Alexander McKenn and Maurice Harknett in the 1960s and dived on for a period of time before being forgotten .
11 The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society .
12 It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years .
13 Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub .
14 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 !
15 We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’
16 ‘ 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 .
17 Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath .
18 Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time .
19 I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks .
23 If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening .
24 Tod held his head down for a couple of minutes , then sloped off .
25 Just put your papers down for a couple of minutes please .
26 Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’
27 and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days .
28 ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster .
29 At one point he had to slow down for a distance of several miles .
30 For sure , Disneyhood wo n't be challenging Swans in the heavyweight ring just yet , but they frequently flourish a muscular grip on proceedings , ultimately putting their collective foot down for a finale of ‘ Sight Return ’ , intimidating in its volume and velocity .
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