Example sentences of "come [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ Try and persuade him to come home for a special tea . |
| 2 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 3 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
| 4 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |
| 5 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |
| 6 | The ceremonies lasted for a month and millions attended , many coming only for a few days . |
| 7 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 8 | And the provision for the county is well over the allocations in the structure plan already , but the County Council , sent observations to the District Council to say , We 're not going to object to this particular er windfall site coming forward for a hundred and sixty houses , because it 's recycling existing urban land , and in that case we can set the policy to one side . |
| 9 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 10 | Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't come here for a boozy evening . ’ |
| 12 | Erm I I look forward to hearing Mr 's views on on this particular matter given that he was the or or the department was was responsible for for in a sense prolonging the discussion to consider the breakdown of locations and as to whether he feels that there is sufficient technical information available on all of the sectors should a recommendation come forward for a particular sector from from the panel . |
| 13 | Groups come together for a specific reason and this reason should run like a thread through the liturgy as well as linking it to the whole community of the Church . |
| 14 | ‘ Why do n't you just get out of this car and come inside for a long cool drink and a long cool swim and admit defeat ? ’ |
| 15 | We will help those that we have to help legally , or perhaps those whom people want to help , but we will not have foisted upon us those who come here for a good time and a good life . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ People come here for a good night out , the restaurant is always busy and we are opening a new betting shop at the track where punters will be able to place bets tax free . |