Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a good " in BNC.

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1 I tell you what I 'll do — I 'll pop downstairs and put the kettle on for a good cup of tea . ’
2 A band played and onlookers waved and cheered as men , women and children wedged themselves into the tub carriages and settled down for a good day out .
3 If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal .
4 If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application .
5 HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works .
6 If you can swallow the unlikely nature of the killer 's powers , then you are in for a good rough ride down a murky road .
7 Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper .
8 As children , we all got up to tricks like pinching a few apples or knocking on someone 's door and running away — all rather harmless , but if our parents found out , we would be in for a good hiding , a cut on the backside .
9 From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time .
10 If that can happen to one of the most prestigious shopping streets in the world , we can be sure that dispossessin' is in for a good run .
11 Ed was just like a one off and I 'm not forward any more at all and , you know , everyone thinks I am you know and Pete thought right I 'm in for a good time here , you know , I can probably get her you know , and so Charlie would have to carry out his part .
12 Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles
13 A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade .
14 They were all having a packet of chips and fish — whoever fetched them I do n't know , cos they were all up for a good age : tell you , she were a hundred just in St Patrick 's Day .
15 Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea .
16 ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney .
17 All dressed up for a good cause
18 He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ?
19 They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always .
20 Yeah , then you I know , but John I mean you 'd be up for a good couple of grand if you did stick it out .
21 The method will depend on the variety so look out for a good reference book , such as Pruning by Christopher Brickell , £7.99 , Mitchell Bleazley — part of The Royal Horticultural Society 's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening series .
22 Out for a good time ?
23 And the relief of seeing this woman out for a good time , smoking dope , getting drunk , flirting and still not deserving to be raped !
24 He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight .
25 set to shoot it out for a good cause
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