Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] for [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’
2 We 're going to put him up for a few days .
3 She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes .
4 In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap .
5 Scotsmen , Englishmen , and Welshmen joined with local fighters like Spider Kelly , Jackie Quinn , and Rinty Monaghan to slug it out for a few pounds .
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