Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] for [art] [noun] " 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 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 3 | Cos I 've let myself in for a day of temping . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 6 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 7 | I 've put the belt in for when he 's bad and I 've sewn him in for the winter . |
| 8 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ You have rather got it in for the doctor , have n't you ? ’ said Henry easily . |
| 15 | There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids . |
| 16 | Earnest me anyway slightly hankered alter another Italian boy , Joseph , who had invited me out for a walk . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | So why had he invited her out for the day ? |
| 19 | Iain had invited him over for a meal . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Once we had sat together in that ‘ condemned ’ gallery until evening , and the sacristan , not knowing we were there , had nearly locked us in for the night . |
| 22 | ‘ This has set me up for the rest of the season and now I can have a real crack at the England squad , ’ he said . |
| 23 | things which have brought them here for the afternoon . |
| 24 | I fear that our nation has set itself up for a decade of national strife . |
| 25 | Clearly he 'd brought her here for a purpose … |
| 26 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |
| 27 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 28 | What if it had been some lunatic who sounded like her , someone who had lured her here for a reason . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | So it 's I I counted it up for the time I 'm staying . |