Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 2 | Phil Taylor beat Phil Bolton to keep Northumberland 's hopes alive but Caldy 's Ray Hughes and Jan Higginbotham of Bramhall both won and Jamie Curtis of Didsbury got a half to clinch it for Cheshire . |
| 3 | He sent a copy to Hall , with a request to sell it for sixpence at the exhibition . |
| 4 | This is not a reason to avoid them for drama more than any other activity in school can help children find a mature approach to such topics . |
| 5 | And a very unnatural mother I should think myself if I did not make a push to secure it for Gerald ! ’ |