Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupitres were adapted from these structures , although it is still uncertain who first employed them commercially for remuage . |
| 2 | But we do take some of them on for work experience — we have to remember that we 'll always need a pool of new photographers to choose from . ’ |
| 3 | In the late seventies some people in the mainstream of literary study were inclined to believe , or halfbelieve , these ideas , or to try them on for size . |
| 4 | Almost imperceptibly the practice began of signing them on for voyages to Britain , Europe and North America so that the numbers of Chinamen and Lascars on ships based in these areas gradually increased and with it the Chinese , Indian and half-caste population of such ports as Cardiff and Liverpool . |
| 5 | That 's what I 'd like to know said Gwendoline smugly , six buttons all ripped off I 'm putting them on for Mary Lou because I 'm so sorry any one should play at such a dirty trick . |
| 6 | Foreigners ( of whom there are quite a few at the UN ) can do nothing right for Mr Coleman . |
| 7 | This is not as frightful as it may sound : with self-build projects the council inspectors are usually very helpful , although you should n't badger him/her relentlessly for advice , and employing reputable tradesmen should eliminate any problems with outside labour . |
| 8 | Ian Gilzean who 's dad used to knock them in for Spurs showed that goals run in the family … |
| 9 | Watford will have little time to bask in their glory — manager Steve Perryman has pulled them in for training at lunchtime today . |
| 10 | ‘ They probably think we 've come to call them in for milking . ’ |
| 11 | Peel carried on playing their records and booking them in for sessions , despite their high degree of success . |
| 12 | We came to recognize the furtive knocking of these late callers , and tried to alleviate their disappointment by inviting them in for tea and sympathy . |
| 13 | Yeah , yeah well that 's what Pauline does sometimes when I go up she has them in for friendship , a bit of company in n it ? |
| 14 | ‘ The archbishop can not compensate me enough for slavery in Salzburg … |
| 15 | ‘ Let me in for Chris ' sake and I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 16 | They say they 're keeping me in for observation . |
| 17 | At Barvas Lodge knickerbockered ladies with good stud pearl earrings invited me in for tea . |
| 18 | They asked me in for tea , and we all listened to the morning news on Radio Tonga , crackling over the miles from the aerials down in Tongatapu . |
| 19 | see through me with a voice of rival , rival calm when she called me in for tea , have a go |
| 20 | She 's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men , she 's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again , right super mum she has x-ray vision , she can see through me , with a voice or rival calm when she called me in for tea , |
| 21 | Or if they 're well grown , use a rake to collect them together for composting . |
| 22 | But since some writers do seem to have an aversion to the hyphen — just as they have lost the art of splitting words in the logical places ( tran-sport , winds-creen , ins-pector , screwd-river , etc ) — let them run them together for clarity . |
| 23 | We do not try to motivate them but simply gather them together for ease of reference . |
| 24 | What did you put me down for accent ? |
| 25 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 26 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 27 | The survivalist culture of the ghetto insists that , instead of leading ever fuller lives , we should strip ourselves down for action and retaliation : it 's a culture fascinated by war games , fitness , one-upmanship . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's just … he 's brought someone home for tea . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We are gearing ourselves up for promotion on and off the field . |
| 30 | We have come all this way to take part in a major game , not put ourselves up for auction . ’ |