Example sentences of "[verb] here for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't come here for a history lesson , ’ said the Doctor . |
| 3 | You may think it is a rum thing that a chap like Tim should pay an arm and a leg to come here for a year and then teach us a thing or two but then I am perfectly happy to admit that we do n't know everything . |
| 4 | ‘ There must have been a reason to come here for a day . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 6 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |
| 7 | It is worth pausing here for a moment to reflect on the weight of traditional thinking that McDowell is seeking to shift : |
| 8 | Greta Ross said , ‘ Please wait here for a minute , Mrs Sanders . |
| 9 | ‘ We came here for a purpose . |
| 10 | ‘ How can she have deteriorated so seriously in such a short time , when she only came here for a check-up ? ’ |
| 11 | The women lived with it — some of them came here for a week and then went back to it . |
| 12 | It is interesting to see the gravestones of the numerous people who came here for a cure for consumptive diseases and remained for ever . |
| 13 | I was waiting for Professor Avenarius whom I 'd occasionally met here for a chat . |
| 14 | The chefs and waiters will work here for a year . |
| 15 | It 'd be nice to be waiting here for a train and then getting on it and going somewhere nice . |
| 16 | ‘ Now just stand here for a minute and listen . ’ |
| 17 | He pulled me to a halt and said , ‘ Willie , stand here for a minute . |
| 18 | Just stand here for a minute and eat your ice cream . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I 'll be staying here for a while , sharing the caravan with Boz and Alamena . ’ |
| 20 | In fact , with your permission , I 'll start now and stop here for a while . |
| 21 | Erm that might , might interest you to know that during the past ten years I have personally entertained something like a hundred visitors from the States who are with their families er , of course , er returned here for a look , look round . |
| 22 | ‘ If you art hit on the torso , from head to knees but excluding the arms , that is a hit and you must return here for a penalty of five minutes . |
| 23 | Yes , she worked here for a time . ’ |
| 24 | " Come and sit here for a bit . |
| 25 | You only lived here for a couple of years . ’ |
| 26 | William Barnes , a distant Stanhope cousin , lived here for a time , but for most of its life it has been a farmhouse , which it remains . |
| 27 | Franz Kafka lived here for a time . |
| 28 | In time to come , will someone else walk these halls and remember the Wolfqueen who lived here for a time , but who brought the Cruithin out of hiding , and drove Medoc from the Bright Palace ? |
| 29 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 30 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |