Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 2 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 3 | 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 , . |
| 4 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 5 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 6 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 7 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
| 8 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 9 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 10 | On employment , the Labour party would sign up for a massive extension of Community competence and majority voting in the name of the social charter . |
| 11 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
| 12 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 13 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 14 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 15 | Together with a partner , one lucky reader will jet off for a luxury £600 Paris weekend . |
| 16 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 17 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 18 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 19 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 20 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 21 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 22 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 23 | Well that practice did go on for a long number of years where the the riveter was the was the boss of the squad and on the Friday night , when er where it came knocking off time , he would collect the wages and he would divide that up between the squad which would be , a holder-on , a rivet boy , er maybe a putter-in , er again in my time , that was mostly a squad . |
| 24 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 25 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 26 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
| 27 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 28 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 29 | 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 … . |
| 30 | Mm Oh that would be alright if we go yeah we can all go over for a nice little run out |