Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived . |
| 2 | She stopped for a moment , and put her shoes back on for walking on the hard tarmac . |
| 3 | They have n't put repeat on for that . |
| 4 | Whether or not the avoidable harm , injury , and suffering should then be called ‘ crime ’ is a point legal theorists then dance on for ever ; but a ‘ crime ’ by any other name causes at least just as much pain and grief . |
| 5 | lay on for them and erm also of course erm , I know , people like erm Mr and Mr they used to be picked up by er , by some chaps in a jeep or Army truck . |
| 6 | Then pick on for it . |
| 7 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 8 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 9 | Just sit down for few minutes , you are probably worth more than you think . |
| 10 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 11 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 12 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 13 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 14 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 15 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 16 | They compose themselves as the laibon appears and suggests we sit down for tea . |
| 17 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 18 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 19 | Wo n't you be afraid while you sit down for your long wait ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 21 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 22 | Alright , sit down for three minutes . |
| 23 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 24 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 25 | Just sit down for ten minutes . |
| 26 | After 400 yds , just before ridge rises , bear half left down off ridge : soon lake and outdoor centre passed at start of walk are seen below — make down for right-hand end of lake . |
| 27 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 28 | However , prisoners remain heavily dependent on what visitors bring in for them , as the prison budget allows about US 10 cents a day per person . |
| 29 | But the Signpost Hotel Guide survey of 300 hotel owners showed that fewer people are bothering use a false name when they book in for an illicit weekend . |
| 30 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |