Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 32 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 33 | In James Callaghan 's famous speech at Ruskin College , Oxford , in October 1976 , from which the Great Debate emerged , he spoke of a school curriculum which would aim ‘ to equip children … for a lively , constructive place in society , and also fit them for a job of work ’ . |
| 34 | Kalchu picked up a handful of maize kernels , inspected them for a minute , and let them trickle back through his fingers . |
| 35 | Last week , I received a touching postcard from a recently divorced friend in Bonn thanking me for a letter . |
| 36 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 37 | Thanking someone for a compliment |
| 38 | TV COMIC Tony Slattery has sketched himself for a charity auction — starkers . |
| 39 | ‘ But I did n't even recognise you for a minute there , and I did n't like the feeling . |
| 40 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 41 | if the gallery accepts you for a solo exhibition , they will normally organise everything and bear the costs of running and advertising it . |
| 42 | Once you have rehearsed , you will need to record a demo , especially as many venues wo n't consider you for a gig unless they have heard you on tape . |
| 43 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 44 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 45 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Swap one for a cheese and pickle ? ’ |
| 47 | Here you can buy everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 48 | " If you want 'un for a husband , now 's the time to stake your claim . " |
| 49 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 50 | The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet . |
| 51 | The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House . |
| 52 | Progress was painfully slow ; I had owned her for a year before she wagged her tail at me . |
| 53 | We want him for a month on loan to give him a proper chance . ’ |
| 54 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 57 | After visiting Queen 's the man took her for a walk near Twickenham Bridge where he attacked her . |
| 58 | Some connection having been made in his mind , he began to rebuke her for a belief in the reality of Noah 's Ark , which he referred to sarcastically as the Myth of the Deluge . |
| 59 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 60 | Vass regarded her for a moment . |