Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans . |
2 | set to shoot it out for a good cause |
3 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign . |
4 | We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’ |
5 | We 're going to put him up for a few days . |
6 | If you know you can not deal with an upsetting confrontation , try to put it off for a short while until you feel calmer . |
7 | He intended to mark it up for a hundred . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Scotsmen , Englishmen , and Welshmen joined with local fighters like Spider Kelly , Jackie Quinn , and Rinty Monaghan to slug it out for a few pounds . |