Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these are not just shoelaces — use them to be different ; plait , twist , braid or cord them for a variety of looks and purposes , from bracelets , necklaces , hair bands , bag cords or to brighten up a pair of trainers . |
| 2 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
| 3 | OR ring us for a schedule of all our courses . |
| 4 | Or contact them for a list of galleries at the Art Department , Shrewsbury School , Kingsland , Shrewsbury , Shropshire SY3 7BA . |
| 5 | David and Ruth Archer are shown below , and you can meet members of the cast at many of this summer 's agricultural shows , or join them for a weekend in Bromsgrove . |
| 6 | When will the right hon. Gentleman give that consistency and leadership to the police and back them for a change ? |
| 7 | We gave our permission that the women should gather up the dead and give them burial according to the fashion of this people — ‘ t is said they strip the flesh and griddle it for a delicacy beforetimes , but I for one do not give this credence . |
| 8 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 9 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 10 | The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu . |
| 11 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 12 | Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day . |
| 13 | Or , it would build 21 district hospitals and run them for a year . |
| 14 | Little mini and run it for a year , run the engine ru non stop for a year and it 's going to use quite a few gallons . |
| 15 | If we take our budget-fixing example and examine it for a moment , we realise that two separate things may be going on . |
| 16 | He shall feel the ground give under him , if only once , he shall fall , and men shall see him fall , and know him for a man like other men . |
| 17 | You may decide that this is not the sort of fish for a small tank and exchange it for a more suitable species . |
| 18 | Under these circumstances , all you can do is try to re-align the board on the artwork and expose it for a further period , but you may well have to scrap that attempt and start again with a freshly-coated board . |
| 19 | Rebuild the Roman villa and use it for a hydro and health farm . |
| 20 | If you come across a taxi token , pick it up and use it for a free taxi ride to any part of the city . |
| 21 | Interestingly , many modern fish have kept their pocket single , and use it for a completely different purpose . |
| 22 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 23 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 24 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 25 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 26 | And er anyway he come and ask me for a dance he did he goes , I 'm not much of dancer we did that one you know , what they call it ? |
| 27 | His technique was to go up to one at a literary party and ask her for a cigarette . |
| 28 | Would you like to go to grandma and ask her for a cloth ? |
| 29 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 30 | Put the containers in a warm place and leave them for a week . |