Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 2 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 6 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 7 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 8 | Last autumn a conference in Toronto brought them together for an update and planning meeting . |
| 9 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 10 | Two of Battyburns goals were scored in identical moves — the sign of a poor defensive team — I though for a minute the second goal was a replay of the first : -[ . |
| 11 | I never for a moment blamed Malc entirely . |
| 12 | As yet my understanding of this was inchoate , but I never for a moment doubted that , while I might work hard and comprehend these studies quite thoroughly , the true meaning of my life lay somewhere else . |
| 13 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 14 | If you can imagine someone losing their job , the depression that actually causes , perhaps both within them and with their family , the idea of being able to take them away for a holiday to forget about things might be a good thing at the end of the day . |
| 15 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 16 | we can always ask to put them away for a week yeah that 's what I might do |
| 17 | Well then , if , we can put them away for a week |
| 18 | So I decided to take them outside for a breath of fresh air , ’ she added , turning her worried blue eyes in mute appeal to the uniformed policewoman sitting in the corner of the room . |
| 19 | It might be possible to book them just for a day . |
| 20 | Her husband had opened a bookshop to support her and their two children , but it was " imperative for her to work " at her old job as reader , " to tide them over for a year or two " . |
| 21 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 22 | I 'm my daughter 's taken me hol me away for a holiday . |
| 23 | I 'm my daughter 's taken me hol me away for a holiday . |
| 24 | A Colonel Drage , for instance , who lived at The Rodd near Presteigne , would sometimes invite Brian and me over for a night . |
| 25 | So I drove to Arnisdale and discovered that Mr McTavish would indeed ferry me over for a bottle of malt : but he wanted another bottle to bring me back . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | They never were , and war in 1879 cut their value , many holders selling them off for a pittance . |
| 29 | W. P. With kids , I used to carry my gloves in my hand and without any fingers in , and I used to catch them with the gloves if they were cheeky , and if they got cheekier still , I used to take them home for a belt . |
| 30 | 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 |