Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I keep them on for the programme . |
| 4 | I 'll have a bath an' all an' my brither-in-law 'll see me right for the gear . ’ |
| 5 | It 's now about bringing everyone together for the good of British rugby , ’ said the Scot . |
| 6 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 7 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 8 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 9 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 12 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 15 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 16 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 17 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 18 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 19 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Last autumn a conference in Toronto brought them together for an update and planning meeting . |
| 23 | Did he live with me only for the sake of appearances , perhaps ? |
| 24 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 25 | Yeah , but made my in for a tea . |
| 26 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 27 | If I buy some carpets fitting or do I extra for the fitting ? |
| 28 | I just could n't go and get off with someone just for a joke , I could n't do it . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't want there to be any half-measures , did n't want to make love to someone just for the sake of it . |
| 30 | But we still went on enjoying ourselves immensely for the officers handed us chocolates and were very kind . |