Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . |
| 2 | My father 's passion for Tracey Childs prepared me for a life of drama |
| 3 | ‘ Do you think your mother would let you go out with me for a day in Newcastle ? ’ |
| 4 | By chance he landed me for a swim at Moutsa down there . |
| 5 | ‘ I have to go out ; can you live without me for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 6 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 8 | The office can bloody do without me for a couple of days . |
| 9 | She stayed with me for a couple of days before going on to Spain to my sister . |
| 10 | Other times , though , if it was a student who stuck with me for a couple of years , eventually they would get interested in reading in some form . |
| 11 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 13 | Must have been the early 1940s , my mother taking me for a walk near Bostall Woods during a gap in the bombing . |
| 14 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 15 | Later in the evening when the place had quietened a little and the cyclists had eaten , I invited them to join me for a glass of wine . |
| 16 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 17 | ‘ Then why did you ask me for a book on Reptiles ? ’ |
| 18 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 19 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
| 20 | ‘ People will not remember me for the amount of money I have accumulated so much as the titles I have won . |
| 21 | Very well , convey my congratulations to General Froebe — I 'm sure he 'll be anxious to convey his to me for the sake of protocol . ’ |
| 22 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 23 | In his letter to the Colossians Paul describes Aristarchus , Mark and Justus , his companions in evangelism and church planting , as those who ‘ work with me for the Kingdom of God ’ ( Col. 4:11 ) . |
| 24 | But these are not just shoelaces — use them to be different ; plait , twist , braid or cord them for a variety of looks and purposes , from bracelets , necklaces , hair bands , bag cords or to brighten up a pair of trainers . |
| 25 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 26 | He multiplied the clones in the glasshouse and screened them for a variety of characters ( Fig. 16.3 ) . |
| 27 | David and Ruth Archer are shown below , and you can meet members of the cast at many of this summer 's agricultural shows , or join them for a weekend in Bromsgrove . |
| 28 | Mr Wilbraham , together with one of the Tace managers Don Hammond ( managing director , components ) , and James Carr ( now finance director ) stepped in and acquired them for a consideration of £4m . |
| 29 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 30 | ‘ We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |