Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 4 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 5 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 8 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 11 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 12 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Woolworth chief Geoff Mulcahy 's shares cost £374,000 — and he sold them for a £1,037,000 profit . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 18 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 19 | We monitored them for a period of about twelve months before we reported to members on the outcome . |
| 20 | And he told me , he told me , I 've got it written on the back of me hand I thought it was brilliant that , I thought little do you know what I 'm gon na use that for he never phoned me for a , he 's not phoned me for |
| 21 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 22 | Kalchu picked up a handful of maize kernels , inspected them for a minute , and let them trickle back through his fingers . |
| 23 | He must have felt it and he must have suffered afterwards from it I would imagine , but he had , he had those qualifications , he had those abilities and he used them for a . |
| 24 | I just caught something for a , then put them on . |
| 25 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 26 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 27 | The first year that they obtained a vintage of acceptable quality , he sent a dozen cases to his old régisseur to lay down , and invited him for a tasting . |
| 28 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 29 | ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer . |
| 30 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |