Example sentences of "come [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The working cats spend much of their time outside chasing birds and rodents , or challenging rival cats , and are wonderfully relaxed when they do , at last , come indoors for a saucer of milk or a snooze by the fire . |
| 2 | Miss Lee is at Nwanza , in Tanzania , with the Church Mission Society and will come home for a holiday in Britain next year . |
| 3 | Aubrey says you might come home for a visit this summer . |
| 4 | He was sentenced to two years at Springhill Open prison near Aylesbury for the attack on John , now every other weekend he can come home for a visit . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't come here for a pen portrait . |
| 6 | Why do n't you come here for a while . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Nicholson , we did n't come here for a battle , ’ said Clinton . |
| 8 | We close on Wednesday afternoons and every Wednesday Maurice and Alfred would come here for a sort of high tea , presided over by granny . ’ |
| 9 | He 'd come across for a coffee , wish me all the best . |
| 10 | It , therefore , persuaded the DES to withdraw Circular 1/82 which imposed a moratorium on virtually all new advanced courses , so that , under specific conditions , proposals for new courses can come forward for a start in September 1983 . |
| 11 | We send out details to the schools each year , and they will book to bring a party of children round for , oh it lasts about two and a half hours altogether , and they will come either for a morning or for an afternoon . |