Example sentences of "[verb] they [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
2 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
3 | Well if they come round to ours this year I 'll invite them in I 'll take them to my basement and I 'll lock 'em up for a few days . |
4 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign . |
5 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
6 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
7 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
8 | Connie buzzed them in for a joyous greeting from Hurley , Colonel John Sasser , the Defense attaché , and one of Buck Revell 's FBI team , but there was n't much time for celebration because Hamadan was wanted elsewhere for debriefing . |
9 | His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before . |
10 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
11 | But if you want your life story to grip them by the throat and take them along for a rattling good ride which will haunt them for years to come — forget it . |
12 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
13 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
14 | I had thrown away my chances in life , pawned them off for a few cheap thrills . |