Example sentences of "we [verb] [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | " We sell them for a penny each , " Miss Poraway explained . |
2 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
3 | We asked you for a letter written by a father to his son admitting that he has some embarrassing or socially undesirable condition . |
4 | We monitored them for a period of about twelve months before we reported to members on the outcome . |
5 | We want him for a month on loan to give him a proper chance . ’ |
6 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |
7 | The other car , the other De Dion we had , burst its radiator , but we are very resourceful ; we went and bought thirty foot of garden hose and connected it to the engine and sent the water round and round the car and that acted as a radiator , and we drove it for a week like that . |
8 | Shall we take her for a walk ? |
9 | We use it for a bedside rug in cold weather . |
10 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
11 | We saw it for a moment and then the match went out . |
12 | We did it for a laugh . |
13 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
14 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
15 | When I was fifteen we rented a rough shoot of about a thousand acres on Stowe Hill , part of the Stanage estate ; Guy Rogers let us have it for a fiver . |