Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 2 | Fellow pilgrims , the wonderful reality of incarnation is a message to us all that God can take the foolish things of this life and make us rich vessels for his use . |
| 3 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |
| 4 | Can we expect individuals to enjoy equal rights and participation in their social lives and yet work under an authoritarian structure at the workplace that gives them little responsibility and allows them little scope for participation ? |
| 5 | At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition . |
| 6 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 7 | In this short series , Diane will try to solve some of the problems and give you new ideas for using the garter carriage . |
| 8 | At a meeting in Newcastle , the Committee of Coal Owners in Newcastle voted in favour both of Stephenson 's claim for priority and to give him some money for it . |
| 9 | He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted . |
| 10 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 11 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |
| 12 | Aye , and have you any nicknames for people in the factory ? |