Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
| 4 | I was very new on the wing and someone in for a bad sex offence talked about their crime and I was badly affected . |
| 5 | He 's the chap who knocks on your door at unholy hours of the morning and invites himself in for a Big Breakfast . |
| 6 | Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry , Ellie ; I let you in for a hard time , did n't I ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why do n't I take you out for a nice dinner this evening ? |
| 9 | what I 'll probably do is take you out for a little while so you can go up and see Annie and all that , next week , not only a |
| 10 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
| 11 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
| 12 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | trade her in for a new model |
| 15 | " I 'll take her in — yes , why not — I 'll take her in for a small consideration . |
| 16 | ‘ I think , ’ the policeman was saying , ‘ I 'd better take her in for a little talk . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd take him along for a veterinary verdict on these possibilities and take it from there . |
| 18 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 19 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 20 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 21 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 22 | The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week . |
| 23 | It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | I took him out for a boozy lunch , and in the end he admitted he 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 26 | Now at the beginning of the year , I have no idea how this particular week in November is going to pan out , so I ca n't put it in for a specific day , but I put it in on the Sunday , because it 's specific to that week . |
| 27 | At the end of the two years purchasers can either trade it in for a new car , pay the final payment and keep the car , or hand the car back and have nothing further to pay . |
| 28 | Fit your car with a catalytic converter , if possible , or trade it in for a new model — cars made after 1993 must have them . |
| 29 | Indeed , the proposed development has been thrown into doubt with the Secretary of State 's decision to call it in for a public inquiry following representations from environmental pressure groups objecting to the scheme 's architectural quality . |
| 30 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |