Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 2 | It is also at least arguable that these sections of the UCTA prevent the seller from imposing an obligation on the buyer to permit the seller to exercise the options of alteration of the goods or taking them back for a refund , because such actions by the seller would be in breach of his warranty of quiet possession . |
| 3 | Fit your car with a catalytic converter , if possible , or trade it in for a new model — cars made after 1993 must have them . |
| 4 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 5 | I was saying , who 's the one that had you over for the barbecue ? |
| 6 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
| 7 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 8 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 9 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |
| 10 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 11 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 12 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 13 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 14 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 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 | I 've got a continuation shot , well what I shall do is just try and line them up for a rush down to , which is not bad . |
| 17 | Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners . |
| 18 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 19 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 22 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 23 | ‘ Well , why do n't you come up and take her out for the day . |
| 24 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before . |
| 27 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 30 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |