Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a bleeper in his house which wakes him up for every call though for insurance reasons he can not join the men . |
| 2 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's like a man takes you out for a meal and he 's thinking , ‘ I let her have an horsd'oeuvre , so I can definitely ask her to wear the handcuffs later on . ' ’ |
| 4 | A week or two before the Board Meeting at which the Pub Catering proposals are due to be considered , John Watson calls you in for a talk . |
| 5 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 6 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |
| 7 | For sixthly he invites himself round for a drink one evening . |
| 8 | ‘ Early on in that , the hero 's homeless and somebody puts him up for the night . ’ |
| 9 | I have n't really asked you very many questions so I 'll , I 'll ask you a question which sets us up for a programme we might do in the next series , having discussed the wedding , next the honeymoon ! |
| 10 | Tolstoy spells it out for the reader in ways that are terribly painful ; he leaves no room for pictures ’ ( quoted ibid . |
| 11 | And one good crack with the back of your hand sorts it out for a couple of minutes . |