Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 2 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 3 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 4 | So I drove to Arnisdale and discovered that Mr McTavish would indeed ferry me over for a bottle of malt : but he wanted another bottle to bring me back . |
| 5 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster . |
| 8 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 9 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 10 | Trade you in for a couple of camels , he 'd come home with a couple of camels |
| 11 | If it were up to me , I 'd jock you off for the rest of the season . |
| 12 | ‘ The person who signed you up for the job in the first place , remember . ’ |
| 13 | Will you ? ’ rather than , ‘ Would you like me to take you out for a run in the car some time ? ’ |
| 14 | David and I were wondering if we could take you out for a spot of lunch . |
| 15 | And there 's a fascinating article in this , the current edition , the January edition it is now , because they go so far in advance , of She magazine , which says that er , it 's a desperate plight sometimes , when you have people coming for Christmas who fall into several categories like lazy slobs , who do absolutely nothing , and misers , who turn up with a stale box of chocolates , and never take you out for a meal in return for your hospitality , and the amorous couples who er , embarrass you by er , er , noisily retiring to their bedroom , if I may put it that way , and then the guests who turn up in mid-row , and bicker systematically over the whole of the festive period . |
| 16 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 17 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 18 | Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service . |
| 19 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 20 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 21 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 22 | They knocked him off and dressed me up for the suit with arrows . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ This has set me up for the rest of the season and now I can have a real crack at the England squad , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 25 | We want properly maintained rights of way and better information about the resources needed to sort them out for the benefit of all . |
| 26 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 27 | Well do I recall the ecstasy , and the shame , when on about two occasions each year during the summer he would take Jerry , Anna and me out for the day to one of the many beautiful villages around Glasgow . |
| 28 | He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . |
| 29 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 30 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |