Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old prairie wolf kept on howling — he 'd had nothing to eat for a week |
| 2 | It 's also ironic that the whole discussion could have taken place on radio , which would have enabled one to look for a dictionary or just take a walk round the room . |
| 3 | Mrs Bracken 's varicose veins were playing her up and the doctor had told her to rest for a week . |
| 4 | Father had , apparently , told her she was ‘ too stupid ’ to take a degree in maths , told her she could n't do a joint degree in physics and German because he could n't afford to pay for the year out , and had influenced her to apply for A university because that was where he had taken his degree . |
| 5 | Ronnie Koeman captained the Dutch team for half the game after Johan Cruyff , the expatriate but hardly patriotic Dutchman who manages Barcelona , had ordered him to rest for a week . |