Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes . |
| 2 | Taken by Phillips looks for Pearce left Oldfield wins it back for Leicester though . |
| 3 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 4 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 5 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 6 | There was about a quarter of the bottle left , and Edward poured it out for both of them . |
| 7 | Gwenellen relieved me again for my night meal at one-thirty . |
| 8 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 9 | Shufflebotham picked it up for him . |
| 10 | Cooper 's header clear Thomson wins it back for Leicester , gets it back again from Greyson . |
| 11 | Jimmy Tarbuck and his mate Kenny Lynch followed us around for one of the practice days and , unusually for Tom and I , it was a sunny day . |
| 12 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 13 | " In that case we must ask St Anthony to get it back for us . |
| 14 | SARNA gives you more for less |
| 15 | Jim showed me around for awhile and we became friends until he moved to news work in Toronto within the year . |
| 16 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 17 | SIR HUGH Leggatt corrects me gently for my placing of Home 's copy of Zoffany 's Cockfight in Cannes . |
| 18 | Last year 's budget debacle , in which Mr Brown and Mr Wilson slugged it out for 64 days , took all the state 's politicians to new lows in popularity . |
| 19 | Professor Brighouse has no idea why Mr Patten singled him out for attack , but says the Secretary of State has been under a lot of pressure |
| 20 | Endill thought it over for a few moments . |
| 21 | With a few well-chosen words and a quick sketch or two , Bryan sorted them out for us . |
| 22 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |
| 23 | Kee kept them quite for as long as he could and then from nowhere … from nothing United burst into life and went and took the lead … |
| 24 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 25 | Erm and the other thing was that erm when Martin picked you up for being late , you did n't even give a reason for being late . |
| 26 | I must confess the moment er Stan Collimore set it up for Webb , I mean it 's a nice ball he does brilliant here Colin , checks the and shapes a nice little ball into Webby 's path and the one thing Webby 's still got he 's he 's got good feet . |
| 27 | All who knew Victor respected him both for his depth of knowledge of VAT , particularly in the land and property area , and for the innate wisdom and common sense he showed in advising his many friends and clients . |
| 28 | Olwen has hers on for half an hour of a morning , Joe puts it on at half eight and dead on nine o'clock that immersion 's turned off . |
| 29 | He specialises in the period between 1500 and 1675 and is also keen on art : last year he bought a Van Dyck from Althorp when the Spencers put it up for sale . |
| 30 | Septimus brought it down for me one Christmastime when I was just a girl — before the last war anyhow . |