Example sentences of "[vb past] [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 | 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 ! |
| 3 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 4 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 5 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 6 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 7 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 8 | They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea . |
| 9 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 10 | Then they 'd gone in for a look . |
| 11 | She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come . |
| 12 | I had this octopus once in Germany and it , we 'd gone out for a meal and I was gon na have steak and mushrooms and |
| 13 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 14 | I married Melanie , if I 'm honest , because she was the only one who 'd held out for a wedding-ring . ’ |
| 15 | They arranged to go out for a drink on the second evening , although Kathleen was n't really looking forward to it as it was bound to turn into a ‘ What was the name of that blonde with the big chest ? ’ sort of session and she would end up driving them both home and quite likely putting them both to bed ! |
| 16 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
| 17 | Not because she could n't lose weight but because she enjoyed coming along for a weekly work-out session and it helped to keep her weight in check . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ Yanto began hastily , ‘ I was told he got pinned down for a week in no-man 's land during the battle of the Somme in 1916 . |
| 19 | For instance , the beginning could be ‘ It was a nice sunny day and all the fishes decided to go out for a swim . |
| 20 | ‘ Dominic had left his AA card at home — we had a bit of a row about that — so we gave up on the car and decided to go out for a meal . |
| 21 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 22 | Whilst the lawyers were still sorting out his mothers estate he started looking round for a suitable business . |
| 23 | Cotterell nodded and started looking around for a piece of paper . |
| 24 | There is no truth in the rumour that some of their number fancied joining in for a bit of a busman's/policeman 's holiday . |
| 25 | His widow said yesterday : ‘ Money started coming in for a Denholm Elliott Project without me appealing for it and we already have several thousand pounds from British donations as well as £5,000 from Ibiza , where we lived . |
| 26 | Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 . |
| 27 | They therefore decided to break up for a while because , Dustin said , ‘ I wanted my fling . |
| 28 | Well , the shah did fall , and the bureaucrats started casting around for a replacement . |
| 29 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 30 | We were in Glasgow last weekend , and were quite chuffed when Ewan consented to come out for a walk just with us two , as he clings to Joyce a bit at the moment . |