Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] a [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 2 | Shall I buy you a skirt for the beginning of term ? |
| 3 | You 've got a captive audience there why the hell do n't you do it a sheet why do n't you give them a programme for the next three months exactly what is happening . |
| 4 | I wrote to Lotus Water Products in Burnley asking if anything could be done and was advised by the company to send them the pump — they would send me an estimate for the repair . |
| 5 | Physically and erm emotionally writing can be very isolating and so , for example a few years ago , I was writing a huge piece on Africa about Africa and I found emotions growing that I actually did n't have names for , erm and it made it impossible to finish the piece I was working on , and then I , I went to see an Afro Asian exhibition of art and I saw portraying some of these paintings the same emotions and it , it did n't give me a name for the emotions but it , it made me feel an awful lot less isolated seeing that erm other people have also , have also felt this . |
| 6 | " How soon can you give me an estimate for the work ? " |
| 7 | You 've got an address , if you give that to the collators departments they can give you a name for the occupier can they ? |
| 8 | Egypt 's ancient past is impressively recreated in the hotel 's interiors with its rooms adorned with original Egyptian paintings and ceramics , which will certainly give you a taste for the Egyptian Museum just across the road . |
| 9 | Send the photograph frames by registered post to Hampton Utilities ( Birmingham ) Ltd , 15 Pitsford Street , Hockley , Birmingham B18 6LJ ( 021–554 1766 ) , explaining what needs to be done : the company will then give you a quotation for the work . |
| 10 | So we 'll have a coffee break and then what I want you to do when you come back is I 'll give you an objective for the talk that you 're going to give based on that you 've just done and then I want you to select three themes and three sub-themes that will support the objective that you 'll then be able to use . |
| 11 | If a builder has already worked with you to obtain the above , he will also give you an estimate for the work . |
| 12 | When we receive the Goblin Steamatic in good condition , we will send you a cheque for the full purchase price within seven working days . |
| 13 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 14 | Well they phoned back and they said , can you tell your husband to take his car to National Tyres er , that insurance has sent him , and could they give him an invoice for the insurance company . |
| 15 | She knew she was n't welcome in Hester 's house but Mrs Johnson would give her a bed for the night . |
| 16 | It is further the case that the ethnographic features will give us a value for the deictic forms occurring in the utterance which was actually produced . |
| 17 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 18 | I 'opes as 'ow you 've got some pennies for me , so as I can get meself a bed for the night . ’ |
| 19 | Please ask in all local classes if members could offer anyone a bed for the Friday night , and pass on details to , . |
| 20 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 21 | You can camp nearby and use the Cluanie Inn for a hot bar-meal and somewhere to consume beer beside a log fire until they throw you out , but if you have the money why deny yourself a bed for the night ? |