Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] [pers pn] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We may produce guidance to local authorities or call them in for private chats ’ . |
| 2 | Two o'clock and I always used to leave work and take him out for an hour . |
| 3 | And I used to take 'em round the pubs and put 'em up for raffles for Christmas . |
| 4 | We 'll leave the Ramsey lad and have you along for guide . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll come down to Richmond and take you out for dinner , how does that sound ? |
| 6 | A major offensive was launched on Aug. 22 in an attempt to relieve the siege , after the government had abandoned its earlier suggestion that it might evacuate the fort and turn it over for use by the International Red Cross . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A spokesperson will then either transition the module into a conceptually approved state or hold it back for further work before approval . |
| 9 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 10 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |
| 13 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 14 | The Club bought several felled poles for £2 16s. 7d. and cut them up for course seats , a by the 8th tee today . |
| 15 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | To yank someone entirely out of their time and smack them around for not being of our time is perhaps a salutary but only a limited exercise . |