Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josie glanced at the old folding travel alarm that she kept open on the makeup table , and said , ‘ I have to go somewhere for a minute . |
| 2 | Reflecting that the librarian 's opinion of academics was about as low as hers of journalists , Loretta asked politely for the current Who 's Who . |
| 3 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 4 | It goes on for a minute . |
| 5 | The Parks tournament at Calderstones Park , which starts on July 19 and goes on for a week , will have the added bonus of the Dunlop tennis roadshow , with Castle and other leading coaches topping the bill . |
| 6 | The Gaijin rode on for a moment . |
| 7 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 8 | They cared little for the landscape in which they worked . |
| 9 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 10 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 11 | None of Offa 's immediate forebears had been king of the Mercians and Offa himself is another example ( like Aethelbald ) of an aetheling competing successfully for the kingship from outside the innermost core of royal power . |
| 12 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 13 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 14 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 15 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 16 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 17 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 18 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 19 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 20 | Started as they meant to go on for the holiday . |
| 21 | No fast should be undertaken against an opponent ; it should be undertaken rather for the good of those near and dear to the person who fasts . |
| 22 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 23 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 24 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 25 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 28 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 29 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 30 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |