Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got Lyn who 's due to go back for a month erm end of May for most of er June , upstairs |
| 2 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 3 | Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing . |
| 4 | For two months Alison was a counsellor looking after American children at a camp in Pennsylvania , after which she was free to travel around for a month . |
| 5 | When one considers the proximity of Zurich ( so easy to go there for a show or a concert , have a meal , and arrive back home at a reasonable hour ) , the thriving variety of Winterthur 's night life is surprising . |
| 6 | James would probably have been content to live quietly for a time but both Mary and Louis were insistent on immediate action and his chief remaining ally in the British Isles , Richard Talbot , Earl of Tyrconnel , Lord Deputy and Commander-in-Chief in Ireland , wrote urging him not to settle into comfortable inactivity in France when Ireland offered a kingdom of his own ‘ plentiful in all things for human life ’ . |
| 7 | Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement . |
| 8 | But Ball 's committee seems likely to press instead for a box which doctors should tick if they want a generic drug substituted . |
| 9 | After the Williams Report , it was very hard to argue convincingly for a laissez-faire approach to screen entertainment . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've all got problems , but you 're welcome to stay here for a bit . ’ |
| 11 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
| 12 | Bloody cheek , do him the world of good to go without for a day or two . |
| 13 | It 'll do him good to get out for a while ; it 's being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety . ’ |
| 14 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 15 | Unable to come in for a presentation , Archie was visited at home to be given a retirement gift from the company and one from his colleagues . |
| 16 | Will you be able to come out for a drink on New Year 's Eve , next Tuesday evening ? ’ |
| 17 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 18 | So , but we were able to stay there for a time . |
| 19 | With Boz out of the caravan I was able to get away for a while . |
| 20 | On his visit to London we were able to get together for a bit of a jam and a chat about some of the parts he played on the ‘ new ’ album … |
| 21 | Otis Ferguson thought the only real social comment concerned the unemployed and they were rather haphazardly brought together and in any case upstaged by a boy-girl-siren triangle hung on ‘ the back of such an old love nag as even Hollywood might be ashamed to take out for a canter ’ . |
| 22 | She 's dead , only she 'll be able to move around for a bit longer . |
| 23 | In all cases a helper is needed , someone strong and active to pull up quite heavy anchors , while the rest of the crew should realise that living in a yacht is like living in a caravan with incredibly soft suspension — and it 's sometimes difficult to hop out for a walk ! |
| 24 | This is because it is possible to dismiss fairly for a refusal to accept change . |
| 25 | Nice to go out for a meal , that 'll be a nice . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's nice to win easily for a change ’ said the 24-year-old South Queensferry-based world champion . |
| 27 | Both Hayman 's suggestions were too loose and half-baked for a man of his devious cunning to consider seriously for a moment . |
| 28 | And yes , she had meant what she had said in her note , that it 'd be nice to get together for a chat and … things . |
| 29 | At other times he would find Marcus talking to Irina , and ready to go out for a walk . |