Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They read somewhat strangely , as if I had imagined the whole thing , or cooked it up for an April Fool joke . |
| 2 | After the first turn it 's down to luck , the Fanatic could go anywhere , but the chances are you 'll either block the enemy or hit him hard for at least one more turn . |
| 3 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
| 4 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 5 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 8 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The grocer had a grinder somewhere , and his wife unearthed it , dusted it down and plugged it in for me . |
| 11 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His father 's favouring of Chuck had forced him to turn to her increasingly for solace , and that some unimaginable selfishness should have driven her to commit her dreadful act of desertion baffled and disturbed him deeply for reasons he did n't begin to understand . |
| 14 | In Pearce [ 1973 ] Crim LR 321 ( CA ) , the accused was guilty when he put a boat onto a trailer and drove it away for later use . |
| 15 | He was n't very pleased with me , and told me off for not saying where I 'd moved to . |
| 16 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |
| 17 | He went and fetched it up for me . |
| 18 | Barron 's case is based mainly on these elements : [ 1 ] Immediately after the crash some members of Gravier 's family came from Mexico City to the site to identify his body and rushed it off for cremation . |
| 19 | The BMC praised Land 's End reasonable attitude and thanked it again for allowing us all to use the car park . |
| 20 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 21 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 22 | That led , therefore , to Princess Elizabeth being received as Queen , and like her father , she had a scholarly mind ; also she had some exceptional advisers , including William Cecil , Lord Burghley , who became her Secretary of State and served her loyally for over forty years . |
| 23 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
| 24 | But his own doctor said he was not fit even for office work and signed him off for another six months because of ‘ obesity and hypertension ’ . |
| 25 | American 's name and address and rang him up for one . |
| 26 | Went and pulled her over for it . |
| 27 | He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him . |
| 28 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 29 | Burton was so elated at his tough bargaining that he took a rare taxi back to Pelham Crescent , where he met his neighbour , Emlyn Williams , who winkled the details out of him and sent him back for £30 . |
| 30 | But when the Cup ties came round , Chapman made another , more dramatic decision — he dropped Alex James , the man intended as the team 's dynamo , and sent him home for a complete rest . |