Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in
2 Specialist series : These programmes are usually on for a limited period and cover specialist subjects such as holidays , motoring , food and wine or industry .
3 ‘ But I do n't think any of my companies are going to collapse simply because I 'm not around for a short time .
4 ‘ I 'm just in for a few tests , ’ he said .
5 I 'm just off for a coffee .
6 ‘ We were only in for a quiet drink , is a' . '
7 ‘ We were just out for a picnic and bit of sightseeing .
8 We were just out for a ride , We came here by accident .
9 And the animals were certainly in for a few surprises as our team of ten raced by wearing bright yellow ‘ Wimpey Worldwide ’ T-shirts and hard hats .
10 I go back to the car , thinking maybe Mr Azul 's only out for a short while .
11 I think it 's all over for a long time .
12 A herd of deer on the African plains may feed undisturbed when a lioness walks among them , if they perceive that she is only out for a stroll .
13 The Hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) who is just out for a moment , made a particular point to which I should like to respond .
14 Well he 's not around for a while is he ?
15 she 's not on for a while
16 The second is how to elicit people 's preferences , and though score sheets , questionnaires and semantic difference scales have been widely used , the search is still on for a more effective method ( Propst and Buyhoff , 1980 ) .
17 Rangers may buy back chris Woods from them as Andy Goram is still out for a while , and Maxwell is shit ! !
18 And I am much too disappointed to curse her , to realise that she is probably in for a cut herself .
19 Where two agencies put forward conflicting options , the search is inevitably on for a third option , which may involve negotiation .
20 Looking to go public in the next year , it is now out for a $1m second round to be used primarily for sales and marketing , efforts it 's yet to put its back into and needs a vice president of marketing and marketing and two sales people .
21 Westminster is now in for a furious bout of behind-the-scenes arm twisting as Government whips try every trick in the book to persuade the waverers back into the fold .
22 Though it says it still has $1m in the bank , it is currently out for a second round , believed to be in the neighbourhood of $4.5m , which would make it the most heavily backed venture in the field .
23 At the secondary level we are certainly in for a decade of reform .
24 So he was only in for a couple of days then ?
25 ‘ We had to remove one set which was already up for a production by the church 's own drama group .
26 Do you really think Nevil was just out for a stroll when he saw your cab ?
27 She was just in for a fine and it was her first time .
28 Bernard Rhodes , for example , was always in the shop and he was always up for a chat I talked to him a lot and we struck up a rapport .
29 Dyer was almost over for a try but put a foot in touch at the corner flag spoiled the effort .
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