Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 2 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 3 | In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting . |
| 4 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 5 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 6 | I fumble around for the rest of my kit and fall over Shelagh , who is shining a torch gingerly in one of her boots . |
| 7 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 8 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 9 | I wandered around for a bit and then came back again . |
| 10 | When I wandered out for a surf-check in the morning , Michael was sitting on the bench . |
| 11 | On the second day , I geared up for the Horseshoe Pass , three miles up followed by a long down to Llangollen . |
| 12 | I sauntered about for an hour before I could find Sir James Macdonald … |
| 13 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I came in for a lot of adulation during my racing days — groupies . |
| 15 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 16 | I came back for a month , met a Peruvian girl and then I got a letter from her giving me a really good reason to come back . |
| 17 | ‘ I came out for a walk , ’ she said , shrugging off his hands . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's why I put in for the R.F.C. We 're literally the only sportsmen left . ’ |
| 19 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 20 | I dawdled around for a while and then headed south . |
| 21 | ‘ I guess when I show up for the Majors I 'll be a little more popular . |
| 22 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
| 23 | ‘ Bless my soul , ’ said Calatin in a deep rumbling voice , ‘ bless my soul , I believe I dropped off for a while . |
| 24 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 25 | With that , I galloped off for the train , and even had time for a drink before it left . |
| 26 | I going round for a collection too . |
| 27 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 28 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 29 | I learnt this lesson the hard way : I turned up for a dinner party having remembered everything for the baby , even flowers for the hostess , and then the baby was sick all over my lovely silk skirt ! |
| 30 | ‘ I turned up for the interview , amid all these Bond beauties , in my tight black jersey dress on a really hot day , with false nails and false eyelashes sliding down my face , ’ Julie recalls with a smile . |