Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trouble yeah , trouble I got put off for a fortnight , on the dole , then he , I was on the dole for a week and er he cos at that time you had to appear in front of the erm , what they call the Court of Referees at the Labour Exchange , that was their Committee . |
| 2 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 3 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 4 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 5 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 6 | how much was n't held until after I 'd gone up for the money for Matthew 's back . |
| 7 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 8 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 9 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 10 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 11 | Do I get invited in for a coffee or what ? ’ |
| 12 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 13 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 14 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 15 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 16 | I 've radioed in for the Social Services , they 'll find them some alternative accommodation . |
| 17 | I figured my body was telling me to rest , so I 've flopped around for the last two weeks eating steaks and drinking beef tea , and getting stronger every day . |
| 18 | I 've come in for the polish |
| 19 | It 's certainly a , a day of reflection an and great appreciation on a part of all of us , the reason we 're here er for me , personally , I need to back up for a moment perhaps . |
| 20 | This ranks as one of the few occasions in the past 20 years when I have forked out for a little bottle . |
| 21 | ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place . |
| 22 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 23 | And that is how I have got along for the last sixty six years . |
| 24 | I promise to come out for a drink or dinner , even a game of tennis with you . ’ ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 26 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 27 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 28 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 29 | ‘ You want to watch out for the lorries . |
| 30 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |