Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes .
2 Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck .
3 " Come and sit here for a bit .
4 ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’
5 A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’
6 There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place .
7 Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads .
8 2 Add the garlic , tomatoes , thyme and green beans and cook gently for a further 5–7 minutes .
9 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes .
10 Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans .
11 Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat .
12 Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days .
13 It is here that the rich and super-rich moor their magnificent multi-million pound floating palaces and slip ashore for a glass of bubbly or two .
14 I go and wait about for a min , half a sec , ha , you know just wait for about ten seconds I 've forgotten what I 'm supposed to say wha , can you remind you ?
15 Would n't it be a poor thing to have the man close his shop and walk back for a kind of half-hearted snack .
16 If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material .
17 Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’
18 An effective history teacher needs to be able to spot the potential of particular pieces of evidence and select carefully for a particular task .
19 Contracts should be structured so that if the company does n't release any recordings during a certain contract year , the artist has the option to terminate the agreement and look elsewhere for a record deal .
20 And look out for a new Spanish star , Jésus Montoya , who showed so brilliantly in the Vuelta d'Espana in May .
21 Leave the summit walking south and look out for a shallow gully leading towards a steep grass slope beside a burn and on to Glenlicht House .
22 SHOULD Selkirk fail to make the grade and drop out for a fourth spell in Division II , they will at least on this occasion descend with honour .
23 The absence of demand for industrial development forced MDC to abandon its original strategy and opt instead for a tourist and leisure based strategy .
24 ( In the same way , most mathematicians reject the purely formalist , symbolic , view of mathematics and opt instead for a Platonic picture that ascribes an ‘ existence ’ to such abstract notions as integers , irrational numbers and groups . )
25 The price of oil would probably rise to more than $50 a barrel and dig in for a stay of some months .
26 There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow .
27 I shall invite Roirbak and Malamute here for a meeting to give you more freedom .
28 And you 'd all got to get on , and stay on for a little while without touching the floor , then you could have another go .
29 In contrast to some other low-income countries in Africa , most children do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years .
30 The saddles are neat and trim , and stay there for a week to ten days .
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