Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 2 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 3 | Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day . |
| 4 | Under these circumstances , all you can do is try to re-align the board on the artwork and expose it for a further period , but you may well have to scrap that attempt and start again with a freshly-coated board . |
| 5 | If you come across a taxi token , pick it up and use it for a free taxi ride to any part of the city . |
| 6 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 7 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 8 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 9 | ( iii ) After incubation in complement , transfer the embryos to fresh M2 + BSA and leave them for a further 20–30 min at 37 C during which time the outer cells should be seen to bleb and lyse . |
| 10 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 11 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 12 | Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday . |
| 13 | I only came to say good-bye and thank you for a lovely day . ’ |
| 14 | Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Come now — get your hat and join us for a quick walk , ’ said Mr Utterson . |