Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One 's called the Austin Special , and it 's really cool-looking with three hotted-up Danelectro-style lipstick tube pickups that you can either run as single-coils for that crinkly kind of clarity , or put them together for a humbucking sound . |
| 2 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 3 | It is also at least arguable that these sections of the UCTA prevent the seller from imposing an obligation on the buyer to permit the seller to exercise the options of alteration of the goods or taking them back for a refund , because such actions by the seller would be in breach of his warranty of quiet possession . |
| 4 | Fit your car with a catalytic converter , if possible , or trade it in for a new model — cars made after 1993 must have them . |
| 5 | Please send your CV , listing telephone number for contact , or call us now for an application form . |
| 6 | Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks . |
| 7 | If I buy some carpets fitting or do I extra for the fitting ? |
| 8 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
| 9 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 10 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 11 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |
| 12 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 13 | His room overlooked our house , and he could watch the comings and goings — we were having some turf laid at the time in which he was taking a great interest — and I used to drive round there every evening at half past five and bring him home for a meal , after which we would chat or watch television . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 17 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 18 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 19 | I 've got a continuation shot , well what I shall do is just try and line them up for a rush down to , which is not bad . |
| 20 | Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners . |
| 21 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 22 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |
| 23 | For him it would simply have been a matter of bringing the girl along , telling my mother she was coming with them and paying her handsomely for the hardship occasioned . ’ |
| 24 | In the early days , the salesman behind the counter had served to promote the merits of different products , and to wrap them carefully for the customer 's homeward journey . |
| 25 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
| 27 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , why do n't you come up and take her out for the day . |