Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only dropped off for a second . ’ |
| 2 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " I just looked in for a moment to see how you were getting on together . |
| 5 | Ca n't think in the arts , in the art bit so I just I just go in for a coffee as well , yeah . |
| 6 | ‘ I just go out for a bit , just for an hour or two , and when I come back you ai n't even got the kettle on . |
| 7 | She said oh no I just rang up for a chat . |
| 8 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 9 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
| 10 | Just one of the six keyboards on test came close to meeting the criteria I initially laid down for a replacement keyboard , the Fuller FDS. Even here the poor workmanship left much to be desired . |
| 11 | Oh you only got up for a coffee ? |
| 12 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
| 13 | Specifically , in the case of Anthony Miers , the Royal Navy submariner who finally came in for a teeny bit of criticism over his methods of disposing of German seamen who rather inconveniently surrendered . |
| 14 | And even if you just pop in for a welcome drink , look out for our Happy Days bar promotions . |
| 15 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 16 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
| 17 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 18 | Tell him , said Jo said you never called in for a quick , I do n't mind David he 's alright |
| 19 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 20 | It 's different here , Léonie tried to explain : in our kitchen in London no one ever drops in for a chat . |
| 21 | We even split up for a while . |
| 22 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 23 | That 's what I tell everybody , when they say to me , oh no , you know , we never go out for a meal ! |
| 24 | I place an ashtray on the bed in front of her then lean over for a kiss . |
| 25 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 26 | It , it , it just went on for a lit a short time afterwards but er , but when the war ended course things , some things changed pretty rapidly as you can appreciate but , but by this time I , I was working for Ellwells then on long distance transport and we used to have to go and fetch tractors or bulldozers that had got armour plating on from Dagenham docks and bring them up here and start selling them to civic contractors and the , the Americans were selling a lot of equipment as well at end of the war , and I saw money made overnight like , people were buying the lorries and putting them on the road you know for work and transport firms and all that and they were getting some of them for next to nothing |
| 27 | As he hit the water , his legs flailed in the mid-air running motion like a character in a Tom and Jerry cartoon and he quickly struck out for a convenient ladder as I hastily brought Venturous to a standstill some feet off the pier . |
| 28 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 29 | So often the preacher has an idea that he feels strongly about , and he then casts around for a scripture that seems to fit his message . |
| 30 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |