Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 2 | I was very tired but I knew that I must look out for a trap . |
| 3 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 4 | This is the issue which occupies Anne Phillips , Sylvia Walby and Michèle Barrett in particular , with a certain consensus that , after all , we must hold out for a version of modernism ( against post-modernism ) , and what Phillips calls a ‘ middle route ’ which retains its aspiration to universalism . |
| 5 | then he 'll button down for a bit |
| 6 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 7 | Quite how to choose your destination is not clear : You might set out for a holiday in Virgo and end up in the Crab Nebula . |
| 8 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |
| 9 | We 'll go out for a meal after the performance , ’ said her husband , slitting open the last of his letters . |
| 10 | " I say , darling , " Stephen said , " I think I 'll go out for a bit , blow the cobwebs away . " |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll wash my hair — and then I 'll go out for a walk . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll go out for a meal , to a quiet exclusive mirador I know with the most spectacular views across to Cabo de Formentor and then we 'll talk , really talk . ’ |
| 13 | they do n't do enough work to really create any problems today , do you see what they 're to do somebody will say ooh we 'll go out for a ride |
| 14 | We 'll go out for a drive probably out an hour , whereas years ago the horse used to come out the stable at seven in the morning he would n't go back till probably five at night . |
| 15 | cos what we 'll do we 'll go out for a meal in the evening |
| 16 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 17 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 18 | ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’ |
| 19 | Then I play with the baby and we might go out for a walk or go and see friends — that sort of thing . |
| 20 | You would think that one of us might scurry around for a new word instead of accepting linguistic hand-me-downs . |
| 21 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 22 | Actually I might put down for a s . |
| 23 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
| 24 | Well they 'll put in for a transfer . |
| 25 | Thinks she 'll come up for a break . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I 'll come along for a little while to the bonfire , but do n't accept for me later . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'll come in for a moment , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | And then after oh , after a few weeks she said I 'll come in for a cup of tea . |
| 29 | Said oh that 's alright , we 've got some friends coming down this weekend , we 'll come in for a bar snack . |
| 30 | Rory , everybody 's up , they 're walking round the house , they 'll come out for a breath of air if they do n't hear you , even . |