Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following Saturday morning I asked Granpa for a couple of hours off . |
| 2 | I mean it 's it 's happened and I was ha I was so interested in the subject that I asked Mr for a copy of the report where it goes back in the history and of course it is the history of trading standards and , and so on . |
| 3 | I sold newspapers for a bit . |
| 4 | How can I provide ventilation for a gas fire in the lounge ? |
| 5 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 6 | I like Chris for a boy . |
| 7 | I watched tv for a couple of hours with this steak on my tummy and nothing happened . |
| 8 | He pores over a map while I collect wood for a fire and Nathan digs out a seat for us all . |
| 9 | ‘ I took Sally for a walk . |
| 10 | I went back and carried on with my putting practice for a while . |
| 11 | And too , I had Father for a pattern : he adores Mama , and she him . |
| 12 | A magical brazier in the north-west corner has a number of branding irons heating in it , and next to it is an inlaid marble slab with iron supports which has room for a body to be strapped on to it , plus a tray of gleaming metal scalpels , thumbscrews , small-bone crunching implements , pincers and similar implements . |
| 13 | The storm , which cut power for a time , hit the Wimboldsley area near Nantwich , Cheshire , at about 4am . |
| 14 | Moreover , the preliminary decisions of the Commission as to the admissibility of two cases submitted by British tax-protesters appear to have dealt a fatal blow to any remaining hopes that the European Court of Human Rights might be used as an additional forum in which to exert pressure for a change in the existing law and policy regarding tax diversion . |
| 15 | The ‘ do n't pay ’ call from betting shops pending an inquiry infuriated punters who genuinely backed the 2-3-4 combination which paid £52.03 for a pound stake . |
| 16 | Construction of the contract as a whole The weight of academic opinion is that there should be a different approach to clauses which define the liabilities of the parties , whether in positive or negative terms , and those which exclude liability for a breach which has arisen . |
| 17 | I had Mr Harris , the vet , out to him once or twice , and he gave him tablets which worked miracles for a time . |
| 18 | FORMER deputy leader Roy Hattersley slammed the ‘ despair ’ which prompted calls for a change in Britain 's voting system . |
| 19 | This reasoning no longer applies following s1(a) of the 1967 Act which permits rescission for a misrepresentation , even where the misrepresentation has become a term of the contract . |
| 20 | No teacher will wear or display on his person or car a badge which indicates support for a pressure group ( like CND or Greenpeace ) . |
| 21 | Much more popular with the prisoners are the range of Vocational Training Courses ( VTC ) which take men for a period of 20 or 26 weeks , give them a thorough training in a particular skill and enable them to take outside examinations . |
| 22 | Patricof , which manages funds for a number of UK institutions including Eagle Star and Standard Life , hopes to float the company on the stock market in five years . |
| 23 | It 's faster , harder and , if you lose concentration for a second , you 've had it . |
| 24 | It put John Byrne 's goals in the national spotlight and Tony Norman 's conquering saves too , along with the fairytale story of Malcolm Crosby , the fan who became king for a day under Wembley 's Twin Towers . |
| 25 | A person who writes articles for a newspaper is a journalist . |
| 26 | She returned to her room and felt so downcast that , choosing a time when she knew that her mother would be in , she phoned Reception for a call to England . |
| 27 | Derby double five double seven four five if you want wood for a bonfire in the Derby area . |
| 28 | All enrolling students are assigned to a personal tutor , normally an academic teaching in one of their fields , who has responsibility for a total of about a dozen students in various years of the Course . |
| 29 | Easiest winner of the week was Cunning who looks set for a step up to better things . |
| 30 | He told us about the longest race in Norway ; he had taken part and had done very well , finishing very close to the front of the ‘ amateur ’ racers ( as opposed to those who race dogs for a living ) . |