Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh you only got up for a coffee ? |
| 2 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 3 | You only lived here for a couple of years . ’ |
| 4 | The drawback is that your expert driver from the London Limousine Company ( SE1 ) only turns up for a minimum of eight hours — a standard feature of chauffeur hire . |
| 5 | ‘ How can she have deteriorated so seriously in such a short time , when she only came here for a check-up ? ’ |
| 6 | I only dropped off for a second . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We 're only going away for a weekend , for heaven 's sake ! |
| 8 | Cos we 're only going away for a weekend then are n't we ? |
| 9 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 10 | Ah sure he 's only staying out for a while till he gets married and that . |
| 11 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 12 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 13 | I kept the boost up as long as I could ; then , when I felt it start to go , relaxed , and went back to merely running fast for a while . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I think you 'd better rest here for a while , ’ she followed him out of the kitchen and into the sitting-room to tell him . |
| 18 | It will be a non-title clash , but if Owens is successful then he will obviously press hard for a title chance . |
| 19 | After all , I had only come back for a day or two to buy some good German clothes . |
| 20 | I 'm not an expert — I 've only lived there for a couple of years . ’ |
| 21 | Some cooks are born great , others have their natural skill improved by training , yet others train hard enough to make up for a lack of natural talent . |
| 22 | I find I can easily put things into perspective , see both sides of an issue , if I just sit around for a while and I probably do that for half an hour a day . |
| 23 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 24 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 25 | Owner Stewart Tarratt said : ‘ There were several burglaries that night and I think the thief just stopped here for a meal break . ’ |
| 26 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 27 | Since action implies narrative , such figures are generally designed primarily for a profile view ( cf. above , p. 14 ) , while the ‘ repose-statue ’ ( the Kritian boy , Euenor 's Athena and their successors ) is meant to be seen from the front , like kouros and kore . |
| 28 | The transport consultants Oscar Faber TPA will develop work already carried out for a study on short-term measures in the Forth area . |
| 29 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 30 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |