Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 2 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 3 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 4 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 6 | put me in for a lovely red for me . |
| 7 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 8 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 9 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
| 10 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 11 | Earnest me anyway slightly hankered alter another Italian boy , Joseph , who had invited me out for a walk . |
| 12 | Then : ‘ You 'll have to let me out for the Jubilee . |
| 13 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 14 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 15 | Vitamins , they said it was , to build me up for the flight home on Saturday . |
| 16 | and she 's been letting me off for the keep . |
| 17 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ This has set me up for the rest of the season and now I can have a real crack at the England squad , ’ he said . |
| 20 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 21 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 24 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 25 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |
| 26 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |
| 27 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 28 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 29 | ‘ That 's finished me off for the day , that has ! |
| 30 | Not going to pay me back for the bloody nose , even if you did nearly knock my head off ? ’ |