Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's painted them continually for the last 6 years . |
| 2 | You should , we told you you should of had a little dog like ours and it could of ripped them up for ya . |
| 3 | I 'd hidden them away for your birthday . ’ |
| 4 | As it was , it took them two weeks to get back to Kabrit , to a great welcome from their astonished comrades , who had given them up for lost . |
| 5 | ‘ Had the care manager stuck to the initial referral alone , which was for respite care , she would have sorted them out for that , and that would have been it . ’ |
| 6 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 7 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 8 | I could have let you in for it then , could n't I ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 're really ambivalent about what I 've let you in for , are n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her . |
| 11 | But he would n't do that now , he had n't picked her up for twelve years . |
| 12 | Karen crawled into a sleeping bag at three o'clock , having last seen Jessica deep in conversation with a blonde-haired willowy type with beard and pipe who had pursued her earnestly for several hours . |
| 13 | She had not expected him home for at least another hour . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw you struggling with it ; you should have left it in the Range Rover — I would have lifted it out for you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I could quite easily have picked it up for you . |
| 16 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 17 | I think you 've probably let us in for it now Frank cos she 's almost certainly going to send us some . |
| 18 | I have twisted them round for my own purposes , changing the emphasis , blending them with ideas of my own and of other people . |
| 19 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 20 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 21 | ‘ Then I do hope your devotion to duty has n't made you late for some pressing engagement , ’ he added suavely . |
| 22 | But what Miss Blagden had sought her out for was not only to ask after her welfare or bring news from Lucca but to offer her two lady-boarders for three months . |
| 23 | When Mrs Funnell had visited him , she had upbraided him firmly for his deception and he , in his most plaintive voice , had said , ‘ I 'm a man , and it was either taking a decent woman or resorting to casual encounters . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've written him up for some medication to ease the headache . ’ |
| 25 | It was the song that Crawford 's singing teacher had prepared him well for , and the star put all his emotion into it . |
| 26 | Among the celebs busting to catch a glimpse of Nick 's end-of-the-pier nostalgia show were CLING POPPIE , JOHN from the NED 'S , SUEDE drummer SIMON , PAVEMENT , SEAN HUGHES ( cor , have n't seen him out for ages ) , ALAN and DAVE from the ROCKING BIRDS ( Hey ! |
| 27 | they 've not , yeah , they 've not phoned her up for God knows how long . |
| 28 | I 've put the belt in for when he 's bad and I 've sewn him in for the winter . |
| 29 | Charge , you 've turned it on for ten hours , how much will I charge you ? |
| 30 | Yes you have n't done it up for years have you ? |