Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 3 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 4 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 5 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 6 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 7 | It 's certainly a , a day of reflection an and great appreciation on a part of all of us , the reason we 're here er for me , personally , I need to back up for a moment perhaps . |
| 8 | I promise to come out for a drink or dinner , even a game of tennis with you . ’ ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 10 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 11 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 12 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 13 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 14 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 15 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 16 | ‘ Would you like to go out for a drink ? ’ |
| 17 | I met him at my wee cousin 's wedding — he was the Best Man — he says to me would you like to go out for a bite to eat ? |
| 18 | Would you like to come round for a cup of tea ? ’ |
| 19 | She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Would you like to come in for a … cup of coffee or something ? ’ |
| 21 | You try to get up for a cup of tea |
| 22 | ‘ She had to go out for a moment . ’ |
| 23 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 24 | ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her . |
| 25 | To get the tickets you had to sign up for a complete tour and hospitality package , available through Travelforce , a travel agency in Durban — of which the then President of the Natal Rugby Union , and member of the Executive of the ( former ) SARB , just happened to be a director . |
| 26 | ‘ And — ah — I shall be in my study , and delighted to meet any of you , should you care to come along for a chat , ’ said the headmaster , very much as an afterthought , and clearly hoping they would n't . |
| 27 | She leant forward , saying she wanted to go back for a moment to what the TV presenter had said about Jim Lancaster . |
| 28 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 29 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 30 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |