Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] a [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 2 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 3 | He rang up the hospital and got me a bed for the next week . |
| 4 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 5 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |
| 6 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |
| 7 | Shall I buy you a skirt for the beginning of term ? |
| 8 | Competition could be fierce , as a young Dundee officer discovered when even the influence of the powerful David Scott failed to secure him a place for the voyage of 1801 because |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been told you 've recently specialled a similar medical case , but as Mr Francis is an accident case in addition to being allergic to antibiotics , personally I would have considered him a case for a trained special . |
| 10 | They w o on the arrears letter we write and we say you 're in arrears , please send us a cheque for the usual amount . |
| 11 | You 've got a captive audience there why the hell do n't you do it a sheet why do n't you give them a programme for the next three months exactly what is happening . |
| 12 | I wrote to Lotus Water Products in Burnley asking if anything could be done and was advised by the company to send them the pump — they would send me an estimate for the repair . |
| 13 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
| 14 | " How soon can you give me an estimate for the work ? " |
| 15 | Jen Longbottom says its a race for the country lovers … they try to take people to a part of the country where they would not normally get to … it 's not a race for softies … |
| 16 | AZT does give you a chance for a few more years . |
| 17 | You 've got an address , if you give that to the collators departments they can give you a name for the occupier can they ? |
| 18 | Egypt 's ancient past is impressively recreated in the hotel 's interiors with its rooms adorned with original Egyptian paintings and ceramics , which will certainly give you a taste for the Egyptian Museum just across the road . |
| 19 | I 'll even give you a pound for every gold sovereign sent . |
| 20 | Send the photograph frames by registered post to Hampton Utilities ( Birmingham ) Ltd , 15 Pitsford Street , Hockley , Birmingham B18 6LJ ( 021–554 1766 ) , explaining what needs to be done : the company will then give you a quotation for the work . |
| 21 | So we 'll have a coffee break and then what I want you to do when you come back is I 'll give you an objective for the talk that you 're going to give based on that you 've just done and then I want you to select three themes and three sub-themes that will support the objective that you 'll then be able to use . |
| 22 | If a builder has already worked with you to obtain the above , he will also give you an estimate for the work . |
| 23 | When we receive the Goblin Steamatic in good condition , we will send you a cheque for the full purchase price within seven working days . |
| 24 | Perhaps he was going to try to sell her a story for the column ? |
| 25 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 26 | Well they phoned back and they said , can you tell your husband to take his car to National Tyres er , that insurance has sent him , and could they give him an invoice for the insurance company . |
| 27 | She knew she was n't welcome in Hester 's house but Mrs Johnson would give her a bed for the night . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'll give it a go for a couple of weeks , ’ she said . |
| 29 | If the company does n't look after its documents , does it give it a justification for a journalist being asked to reveal his source ? ’ |
| 30 | It is further the case that the ethnographic features will give us a value for the deictic forms occurring in the utterance which was actually produced . |