Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
2 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | What you did was to save the lot up and cash it in for a big meal . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | So I wrote to the Warden of Spurn Bird Observatory and booked myself in for a night . |
13 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners . |
16 | Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . |
17 | I think you need to go and do something else for a little while I said cos if you keep looking over thinking you ca n't do it , have a break and go back to it afterwards you just get really despondent |
18 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . ’ |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | The frizzy-rugged beaner at the wheel shouted something and threw himself around for a while , but I kept on not not smoking quietly in the back , and nothing happened . |
24 | ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’ |
25 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
26 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
27 | 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 ! |
28 | 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 . |
29 | ‘ Well , why do n't you come up and take her out for the day . |
30 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |