Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
2 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
3 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
4 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
5 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
6 | A MOTHER told how getting up for a drink of milk saved her family from a house fire . |
7 | Ah ye , no I mean like go out for a |
8 | I know when to duck out for a breather . |
9 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
10 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
11 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
12 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
13 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
14 | Turning well inside the box he side-stepped Birney to hammer in a shot which McConnell did well to push out for a corner . |
15 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
16 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
17 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
18 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
19 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
20 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |
21 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
22 | erm , because you do n't stay back for a drink afterwards because you 're going to Strawberry Hill . |
23 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
24 | do n't sit around for an hour doing nothing |
25 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |
26 | Newlove then dived over for a try of his own , with late scores from Offiah and Schofield rubbing salt in Welsh wounds . |
27 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
28 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
29 | She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave . |
30 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |