Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 2 | Cos I 've let myself in for a day of temping . |
| 3 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 4 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 5 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 6 | Yeah , well I 've still got the other two but I do n't know whether Brian and Pauline are going to want them back , I mean they 've just , I 've had them back for a craft fair . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 9 | Yeah , , so erm , I 've got to get some medicine for all of us in a minute , put the prescription in , but erm , you know , she 's had it really for a week like , even though she was treated for thrush |
| 10 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 11 | Earnest me anyway slightly hankered alter another Italian boy , Joseph , who had invited me out for a walk . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 13 | Iain had invited him over for a meal . |
| 14 | The extraordinary circumstances of the last three days have bound us together for a minimum of eighteen hours a day , breakfast , lunch and dinner , and we 've got to know each other well . |
| 15 | I fear that our nation has set itself up for a decade of national strife . |
| 16 | Clearly he 'd brought her here for a purpose … |
| 17 | What if it had been some lunatic who sounded like her , someone who had lured her here for a reason . |
| 18 | He should have been at boarding school , but his mother , who loved him very much , had brought him home for a month or two , because she thought his health was delicate . |
| 19 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 20 | He would n't have asked her out for a meal if he did n't like her , she reasoned . |
| 21 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 22 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 23 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 24 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 25 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |
| 26 | Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment . |
| 27 | We 've taken it over for a week or so . |
| 28 | The children did n't understand at first , but when it was later explained to them , they were enormously proud that she should have singled them out for a visit . |
| 29 | It had taken until the long , open left-hander that leads down into Glen Kinglas before my erection had finally subsided , and that had been mostly naked fear ; Verity had lost it just for a second , the rear of the car nudging out towards the wrong side of the road as we whanged round the bend . |