Example sentences of "[adv] come [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 2 | After all , I had only come back for a day or two to buy some good German clothes . |
| 3 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 4 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 5 | I think she 's probably just come out for a quick stroll , we wo n't spend our time over that at the moment , hello |
| 6 | They all just came back for a regular routine follow up , just a little bit late . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not coming back for a while . |
| 9 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 10 | Mr Rochester is always very popular with the ladies at these parties , so he may not come back for a week or so . ’ |
| 11 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 12 | But even that may not help as the worker may be waylaid by those who have ‘ just come in for a form ’ or an address or have to collect their children from school in five minutes . |
| 13 | Hands are not so easy come by for a slaver . |
| 14 | Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ? |
| 15 | It 's the only place you can get a bit of hokey-pokey , sizzling by day and guzzling by night , talk about dolce vita ! when you get your splints off come over for a week . |
| 16 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 18 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 19 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 20 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |
| 21 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
| 22 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 23 | But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis . |
| 24 | ‘ Then we would probably have a mandatory defence , which we would not duck , and then come back for a third defence against Bruno . ’ |
| 25 | Anyone who seems suitable will receive an informal visit and then come down for a more formal interview . ’ |
| 26 | blindly coming up for a breather |