Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 2 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 3 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 6 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 7 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 8 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 9 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 10 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 11 | I 'd like to go in for a bit , but there 's loads of people in there and I ai n't got no washing to do . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 14 | Spike , of course , kept saying " He wants us to go down for a drink . " |
| 15 | I 'd say we 'll have to do more than that , I 'd say we 'll have to go down for a week . |
| 16 | At £17.50 a ticket , I expected the band to come on for a bit longer or were they all dashing off to see Lady Chatterley too ? |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 19 | She had asked Elizabeth and Dr Wyn to come in for a drink that evening . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Want to come in for a minute ? " |
| 22 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 23 | In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting . |
| 24 | If you 'd care to come in for a cup of tea , now that you 've got out and everything , you 'd be most welcome . |
| 25 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 26 | The exhibition 's open to all , but it did n't take much to persuade Scotland Today 's Patsi MacKenzie to wander along for a preview . |
| 27 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 28 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 29 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |