Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 2 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yeah , but made my in for a tea . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Invited them out for a drink ? ’ |
| 10 | Some thought Meredith Jones a rough , bullying master , picking out the brightest boys to train them up for the scholarship class and by their results inflate his own ego . |
| 11 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 12 | Tonight we visit a village which is so proud of it 's gardens , it 's opening them up for the public to enjoy . |
| 13 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 14 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 15 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |
| 16 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Ipswich were unfortunate to lose winger Jeremy English with fractured ribs , ruling him out for the remainder of the season . |
| 21 | Soon afterwards , however , Ellcock became the ‘ nearly man ’ again , entering hospital for further surgery to remove the screws that had snapped in his back , ruling him out for the rest of the summer and , ultimately , despite encouraging practice sessions with the England A party last winter , the immediate future . |
| 22 | The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum . |
| 23 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 24 | Cos I 've let myself in for a day of temping . |
| 25 | Did you have to psych yourself up for the part ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We want properly maintained rights of way and better information about the resources needed to sort them out for the benefit of all . |
| 28 | The format has to be reviewed in order to restore the balance between the desire to give the playing countries enough games in the early stage to sharpen them up for the knock-out competition , and the need for a structure that is both fair and seen to be fair . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble . |