Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 2 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 3 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 4 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 5 | I made it for a dancer ( Nijinsky ) who can soar like a spirit , but who has the strength to dance with the Wilis [ as in Giselle ] and live to dance again . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ? |
| 7 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 8 | All the perennials are bought in containers and I grow them for a year in their pots to see how they cope with the conditions , then I plant them out in the garden . " |
| 9 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 10 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 11 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 12 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 13 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 14 | I needs it for a wager on the Brasseywing . ’ |
| 15 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 16 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
| 17 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 18 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 19 | I watch them for a bit , but they do n't win nothing . |
| 20 | I watch them for a bit . |
| 21 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 22 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
| 23 | I forgot myself for a moment back in the woods , it is true , ’ he admitted in a goaded voice , ‘ but the circumstances were exceptional . |
| 24 | ‘ Can I see you for a minute ? ’ |
| 25 | I cursed him for a fool . |
| 26 | The standing back approach Someone phones you for a price for a project . |
| 27 | I figured me for a piece of the five G's . ’ |
| 28 | When I get back to base , bruised and battered , I brace myself for a reception that will make the Day of Judgment look like a Sunday School picnic . |
| 29 | Can I have her for a minute ? |
| 30 | Can I have her for a minute ? |