Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 2 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 7 | And look out for a new Spanish star , Jésus Montoya , who showed so brilliantly in the Vuelta d'Espana in May . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The price of oil would probably rise to more than $50 a barrel and dig in for a stay of some months . |
| 11 | There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I always hang up promptly and go out for a nice cup of coffee to cheer myself up . |
| 14 | On every channel earnest-looking men with maps and pointers , looking like war-gamers in some fiendish Pentagon basement , demonstrate — predict , even — the inch-by-inch path that the storm is taking , noting that it usually passes off to the north , but may perhaps curve back upon itself and go in for a second strike . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'll be delighted to have a break and go off for a pint . |
| 16 | All appointees have to provide a urine sample — even Pamela Harriman , the new ambassador to Paris , had to stand in line , clutching her paper cup — and turn up for a face-to-face interview , which usually lasts between one-and-a-half and two hours . |
| 17 | To do this they arranged a movable slit to open for a wide ΔΕ when the photodiode array is operating and close up for a narrow ΔΕ for the spectral detector . |
| 18 | The dynamic duo get away from the troubles of the world and curl up for a nap , by ffolkes , June 1954 |
| 19 | But the children soon settle down and gather round for a closer look at Caesar a 12ft long Burmese python . |
| 20 | Let your child suck water up the straw , blow it out and play around for a while . |
| 21 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | So far so good : then you select a soiled dish , collect some scraps from the garbage , and settle down for a short wait . |
| 24 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 25 | But erm you need to come down , once we get the double glazing I 'll give you a shout and come down for a come down for a coffee and what have you . |
| 26 | The first came in 1977–8 against Australia and he began with fifties in his first three innings , only to join the Packer brigade and miss out for a couple of years . |
| 27 | On the first morning I woke up feeling great , like a kid , stretched my arms and thought , Now I 'll have a cup of tea and stroll out for a Then it hit me . " |