Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you , but I do n't want to go out for a meal tonight . ’ |
| 4 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 5 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 6 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 7 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 8 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 9 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 10 | The practical tasks a carer has to carry out for a dementia sufferer are not necessarily , of course , the hardest part of care . |
| 11 | they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day ! |
| 12 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 13 | Want to come in for a minute ? " |
| 14 | Understandably , this presumption has come in for a great deal of criticism . |
| 15 | However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term . |
| 16 | JACQUES Delors has come in for a lot of flak for the collapse of the Gatt world trade talks . |
| 17 | The prince has come in for a lot of criticism from the UN and the West for spending most of the past few months in China . |
| 18 | While it has come in for a certain amount of criticism , it has also attracted much praise , especially from industry . |
| 19 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 20 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 21 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , West Ham defender Julian Dicks has revved up for a big-match return tonight — thanks to a £10,000 Harley Davidson . |
| 23 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 24 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 25 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 26 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 27 | A forty year old airliner that seats just fourteen passengers has taken off for a new lease of life in Australia . |
| 28 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 29 | Microsoft 's Windows NT group has signed up for a 20ft by 20ft booth , claiming it does n't have the budget for a bigger space . |
| 30 | Reed has signed up for a further period of seven years to publish the back list of John Steinbeck , after submitting a lavish brochure of marketing plans to the estate . |