Example sentences of "[adv] for dinner " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend he had not seen for ages came into the bar with his wife , and , in the end , the three of them went on somewhere for dinner . |
| 2 | It was already laid with a cloth , presumably for dinner . |
| 3 | I 'll join you at seven o'clock for dinner . ’ |
| 4 | They were entitled to eat after the last sitting in the central dining car , Emil said , rinsing glasses , but usually they went only for dinner , if then ; I could see why , as after the sandwiches on that first day we ate the all-too-few left-over portions of the Lucullan lunch we had served . |
| 5 | Stephen prefers my cooking , so for dinner parties I always go to the kitchen and help . |
| 6 | In the middle of the month George Thomas , the Speaker , brought all the Cabinet together for dinner . |
| 7 | This was followed by Julie and Cynthia talking in their comfortable Wandsworth home , indistinguishable from thousands of homes owned by married couples — so indistinguishable that the two women are faced with such questions as , ‘ If you go out together for dinner , who pays the bill ? ’ , and ‘ How do you organise your domestic life together ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why — why did I have to pack a bag just for dinner when … ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll see you at the château tonight for dinner . ’ |
| 10 | Then back home for DINNER , while it 's still BRIGHT , both contain my last letter — have you guessed right ? |
| 11 | And you never know when your husband is coming home for dinner , or if he 's coming home alone , or with his secretary or with a friend — I mean , you have nothing in your life to plan , not even that night , let alone the next day or the weekend . |
| 12 | And you went to school in the morning but never knew whether your house was going to be there when you got home for dinner or whether you 'd still have a mum and dad and |
| 13 | Norm was very busy these days , and often did not come home for dinner . |
| 14 | When Norm did not come home for dinner , or when he ate and went out again to a meeting , Mira would spend the evening reading . |
| 15 | Amelia McLean described how she had been " waylaid … on [ her ] way home for dinner " by Mr Evans of the W. and C.U. , who " after calling her … everything but a lady , had said she was the most unsympathetic woman in Edinburgh " . |
| 16 | Your father will be home for dinner tonight , and I 'm sure he 'll expect you to be here . ’ |
| 17 | And er she used to sell corned beef and er pickled onions or anything like that for people what was working round there what could n't get home for dinner . |
| 18 | Then he went home for dinner . |
| 19 | Then home for dinner and some heavy worrying for remainder of evening . |
| 20 | He never put in an appearance until early evening and , except for that first night , he had not even been home for dinner . |
| 21 | She said if you 're not coming home for if you 're not coming home for dinner I 'll boil you an egg |
| 22 | Why did n't she go back home for dinner ? |
| 23 | I was two hours too early for dinner and so spent the interval in a cloud of steam with my wet clothes draped around the fire . |
| 24 | I arrived ten minutes later for dinner with Howard and was completely recovered by the end of the meal . |
| 25 | Nothing could move her and when Glyn came back later for dinner , armed with further arguments , he realised she was completely adamant . |
| 26 | Now it is twelve o'clock and school is out and all those who do not stay behind for dinner are bounding down Trafalgar Street , the little ones paddling up to the Wellington-tops in the drifts left on either side by the snow plough . |
| 27 | ‘ You can come back here for dinner if you wants , or have it with the others . |
| 28 | ‘ Will he be here for dinner ? ’ asked my mother , the cook briefly taking precedence over the hostess . |
| 29 | She was heavily involved in the election campaign at the time and Dysart brought her down here for dinner . |
| 30 | Will you come here for dinner ? |