Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 2 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 3 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 4 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 5 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 6 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 7 | When will the right hon. Gentleman give that consistency and leadership to the police and back them for a change ? |
| 8 | Last season , Dungannon won the Ulster League which qualified them for a ‘ round-robin ’ series with the other provincial winners in a bid to gain entry to the AIL . |
| 9 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 10 | " We sell them for a penny each , " Miss Poraway explained . |
| 11 | Might want them for a cup of tea . |
| 12 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 13 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 14 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 15 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 16 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 17 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 18 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 19 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 21 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 22 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |
| 23 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 24 | And the , I went to the my little now in Italy , making this conditional he says it 's no bloody good on me , poor old curly what , I think he 's about ninety , he looked it , he said what they keep making you conditional for he said you 've got no ruddy condition it 's gone and the , the recommended me for a complete discharge and , and eh , I started off with fifty per cent pension . |
| 25 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 26 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 27 | Woolworth chief Geoff Mulcahy 's shares cost £374,000 — and he sold them for a £1,037,000 profit . |
| 28 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 30 | You do n't fool me for a second . ’ |