Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some thought Meredith Jones a rough , bullying master , picking out the brightest boys to train them up for the scholarship class and by their results inflate his own ego .
2 Leon threw the ball high , running for it himself and falling to catch it just for the pleasure of movement in sunshine .
3 The talk was recorded by Russell Mulford and we intend to write it up for the museum .
4 We want properly maintained rights of way and better information about the resources needed to sort them out for the benefit of all .
5 The format has to be reviewed in order to restore the balance between the desire to give the playing countries enough games in the early stage to sharpen them up for the knock-out competition , and the need for a structure that is both fair and seen to be fair .
6 I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday .
7 Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’
8 In the early days , the salesman behind the counter had served to promote the merits of different products , and to wrap them carefully for the customer 's homeward journey .
9 A decade ago , NEC Corp surged past Motorola Inc and Texas Instruments Inc to become the world 's largest chipmaker , and Japan has held the title ever since — until 1991 , when according to Dataquest , Intel Corp grew 26% to win it back for the US .
10 Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush .
11 Then : ‘ You 'll have to let me out for the Jubilee .
12 Do n't I get any thanks for offering to put you up for the weekend ? ’
13 Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time .
14 He conceded that it was hard on Alexander , and later came to respect him greatly for the way in which he gave Worrell his fullest support as vice-captain .
15 I could n't motivate myself to do it just for the sake of it .
16 ‘ I forgot to put it out for the birds yesterday morning . ’
17 Do n't put it away , you 'll have to leave it out for the week .
18 After a long debate , they finally agreed to put us up for the night .
19 Vitamins , they said it was , to build me up for the flight home on Saturday .
20 This will give you plenty of vitamins and minerals , to build you up for the elimination diet .
21 But maybe the leaders , Brice Lalonde and Antoine Waechter , will have to fight it out for the leadership of a united ‘ green ’ party before a real alliance can be forged .
22 Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then .
23 Well , you never know , you might have to study it then for the exams .
24 I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year .
25 Adamus in a cloak of thunder , come to claim her again for the Scarabae .
26 English tourists might like to be reminded that the ghastly visitor centres , the scant toilet facilities and the gruesome catering in the West Highlands of Scotland are there to get you back for the fact you won .
27 It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know !
28 If I was n't able to admit it to some old woman I 'd never see again and who did n't matter a scrap to me , how was I going to face it out for the rest of my life ?
29 In effect , therefore , we stop acquiring any new skills and this may mean we risk having too narrow a repertoire of skills to equip us adequately for the variety of people-situations we are likely to encounter .
30 To soften me up for the kill ?
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