Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 2 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 3 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 4 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 5 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 6 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 7 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 8 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 9 | Well , she had some Holy Water in it , and she used to spray it about , and it used to keep them out for a bit , you know . |
| 10 | We can say we 're going to have to keep you off for a bit longer yet . |
| 11 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 12 | There was enough money in her savings account to see her through for a while . |
| 13 | HOW COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT WHEN ONE IS FINDING CITY LIFE A TRIFLE TIRESOME , ONE HAS FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INVITE ONE OUT FOR A DAY IN THE COUNTRY … |
| 14 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 15 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 16 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 17 | ‘ I mean , there 's no need for you to take me out for a meal . ’ |
| 18 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 19 | Sometimes I managed to block them out for a while , then something would happen to trigger them back — a comment or something on TV . |
| 20 | Fleury tripped over something and sat down on the floor while the sepoy worked his shoulders a little to loosen himself up for a swipe . |
| 21 | Will you ? ’ rather than , ‘ Would you like me to take you out for a run in the car some time ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster . |
| 23 | She could n't go out and play with the other kids , she had to take him round for a walk |
| 24 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 25 | Her Uncle Tom is delighted and arranges to take her out for a slap up meal . |
| 26 | He might even hand it over tonight when he called to take her out for a meal . |
| 27 | Robert merely had to drop a few bon mots from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi 's handbook into the conversation and Maisie 's eyes widened the way they did when you offered to take her out for a meal or when she was telling you how someone had told someone that she had a beautiful mouth . |
| 28 | No , but she wants me to bring you back for a meal . |
| 29 | Andy Roxburgh will check on Hendry before the World Cup qualifier with Portugal and is poised to bring him in for a match Scotland must now win . |