Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 2 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 3 | If I 've had a big bill , occasionally I 've had to say to my mum ‘ I 've no money left , can I come down for the week ? ’ and I 've had to go down there . |
| 4 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And you came along for the ride ? ’ |
| 6 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 7 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 8 | Do you think there 's any chance of him coming back for the opening of — ? ’ |
| 9 | they come down for the course and they do n't have one . |
| 10 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 11 | ‘ He came back for the church 's centenary , ’ Mr Hickman recalled . |
| 12 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |