Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 2 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 3 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 4 | He 's painted them continually for the last 6 years . |
| 5 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 8 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 9 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 10 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 11 | Invited them out for a drink ? ’ |
| 12 | The size and weight of the larger models would suit them only for a fairly hefty boat . |
| 13 | Secure the wire ends by twisting them together for a short distance to prevent the turns trying to unwind themselves . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some thought Meredith Jones a rough , bullying master , picking out the brightest boys to train them up for the scholarship class and by their results inflate his own ego . |
| 16 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 17 | Tonight we visit a village which is so proud of it 's gardens , it 's opening them up for the public to enjoy . |
| 18 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 19 | I want you there for the speedboat race . ’ |
| 20 | OK , ’ he decided , ‘ Once we get home , a bite of lunch , and I 'll beam you up for a quick one . ’ |
| 21 | Trainer Richard Hannon entered her yesterday for the Hambro Countrywide Fillies Stakes at Newmarket and the Daily Mail Leisure Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday . |
| 22 | She invited him home for a coffee and he set about trying to find out what was wrong with her washing machine . |
| 23 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 24 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |
| 25 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 26 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |
| 27 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 28 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 29 | She regarded him steadily for a minute with eyes still bloodshot from crying . |
| 30 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |