Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 2 | I keep them on for the programme . |
| 3 | The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration . |
| 4 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 5 | Most varieties supplied by garden centres grow a little too large to make ideal houseplants if you just take them in for the winter , but many dwarf and miniature types are ideal for deep sunny windowsills . |
| 6 | Er , you would n't call them in for the petty things . |
| 7 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 8 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 9 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 10 | Once all the for the rth generation have been determined , we can write them down for the ( r+1 ) th generation using ( 8.3 ) . |
| 11 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 12 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 14 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 15 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 16 | Alan , whom I did n't know very well , had invited Ann and me over for the day , and had also offered to act as our gillie . |
| 17 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's finished me off for the day , that has ! |
| 19 | and she 's been letting me off for the keep . |
| 20 | Are you on for the treble ? |
| 21 | Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time . |
| 22 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 23 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 24 | I was saying , who 's the one that had you over for the barbecue ? |
| 25 | If it were up to me , I 'd jock you off for the rest of the season . |
| 26 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 27 | This will give you plenty of vitamins and minerals , to build you up for the elimination diet . |
| 28 | Call your friends and see if they can put you up for the night . |
| 29 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The person who signed you up for the job in the first place , remember . ’ |