Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 2 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 4 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 5 | Yeah , but made my in for a tea . |
| 6 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 7 | Invited them out for a drink ? ’ |
| 8 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 9 | She invited him home for a coffee and he set about trying to find out what was wrong with her washing machine . |
| 10 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |
| 11 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 12 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 13 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 14 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 15 | She regarded him steadily for a minute with eyes still bloodshot from crying . |
| 16 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 17 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 18 | She regarded him thoughtfully for a moment or two . |
| 19 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 20 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 21 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 22 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 23 | Cos I 've let myself in for a day of temping . |
| 24 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 25 | I 've got a continuation shot , well what I shall do is just try and line them up for a rush down to , which is not bad . |
| 26 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 27 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 28 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 29 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 30 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |