Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 'll get that checked out for you Alan and we 'll |
| 2 | Yeah I know , I 've got that pencilled in for something . |
| 3 | I was chronically frustrated by the city 's killing of time : all those coffees and slow pints , all that hanging about for other people . |
| 4 | Make better use of your base cabinets by fixing slide-out towel racks to the doors , and by installing swivel storage shelves to do away with all that groping around for things at the back . |
| 5 | Oh I 'll get that sorted out for you . |
| 6 | ‘ But you will , if this goes on for much longer . |
| 7 | It could have saved him this time , but the policeman , half nerved up for aggression , caught him fairly in the doorway and hung on with professional ease . |
| 8 | In keeping with their true natures , some look out for a dealer who has passed it , and beg him to sit it again , for them . |
| 9 | He spends all day on the practice ground sometimes and this paid off for him at the German Open . |
| 10 | Tigani , who had two trainers before moving to Mowbray House , is another to look out for . |
| 11 | This opens up for debate the question of what can be done , at each level of the system , to fix some problem . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , all this moving around for work . ’ |
| 13 | The archers cut them down — a few broke back for home unscathed . |
| 14 | The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner . |
| 15 | How long could this go on for ? |
| 16 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 17 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 18 | This went on for five whole days — |
| 19 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 20 | This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings . |
| 21 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 22 | This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away . |
| 23 | And this went on for years this ? |
| 24 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 25 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 26 | This went on for a long time . |
| 27 | And then borrow it again on a Friday or a Saturday and this went on for so long er he 'd eventually Tom said , by the way Jack , he said , whose pound note , whose pound is this ? |
| 28 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 29 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 30 | This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county ! |