Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 2 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 3 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 4 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 5 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 6 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 7 | Jack , by then very famous , called him for a chat and asked if he needed anything . |
| 8 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 9 | I wore one for a photo-session and it was great fun . |
| 10 | Roland took him for a caricature and bristled vestigially with class irritation . |
| 11 | We saw it for a moment and then the match went out . |
| 12 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 13 | Mary had a metal cow she bought it for a tanner and every morning just at six she milked it with a |
| 14 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 15 | Is it only two weeks since that bleak morning when I had nothing for a future and everything seemed too late , when I dragged myself about the house , alone and miserable and weighed down by self-pity ? |
| 16 | ‘ Sophie said nothing for a minute and then she said : ‘ On a plane to see Lizzie ’ . ’ |
| 17 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
| 18 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |