Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 2 | The conduct of the foresters made them a by-word for oppression and extortion . |
| 3 | He rang up the hospital and got me a bed for the next week . |
| 4 | Alter Judy became pregnant in the lower sixth at school , she left and found herself a tutor for her A-level English , and also attended maths classes at the local college . |
| 5 | But one feels now that the man who stood on the soapbox and who made himself a target for eggs is ready for it . |
| 6 | If you had a stomach upset you were sent to Mrs. Sutton who sold you a powder for tuppence . |
| 7 | Leonard Smithers paid him a salary for producing translations . |
| 8 | When the Access people billed him , he bunged them a wedge for £1000 . |
| 9 | But he owed me a favour for a little job I 'd done him and I needed somewhere to stash my passport , emergency cash and one or two other goodies . |
| 10 | I never realised Chris owed me a fiver for me wage and I says to him I had to pay me bill for me food for week and it was like six quid . |
| 11 | He taught her a position for sleeping that placed the forepart of her brain at the apex of a pyramid . |
| 12 | It said Mrs Falati ‘ seems to feel that Mrs Mandela owed her a living for the rest of her life ’ . |
| 13 | Determined to carry on with her education , Judy got herself a tutor for her English , and went to the local college to do maths . |
| 14 | ‘ Now you go to the same playgrounds and schools where people called me a fag for being an actor and everybody as a Screen Actors Guild card falling out of their pocket . |
| 15 | Unable to find one with the same outward-opening flap , he did the next best thing and took an average price for similar letter-boxes and forwarded you a cheque for this amount . |
| 16 | And although none of the critics called him a genius for playing in them , none argued about the extent of his talent either . |
| 17 | But going back to the 1944 triptych , you called it a base for the Crucifixion . |
| 18 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she tried out a Czech thank-you to the man on Reception who sold her a stamp for three crowns and assured her her card would catch that day 's post . |
| 19 | Her forthright depictions of female passion made her a target for satire , most notably as Bridgetina Botherim in Memoirs of Modern Philosophers ( 1800–1 ) by Elizabeth Hamilton [ q.v. ] , and as Lady Gertrude Sinclair in Edmund Oliver ( 1798 ) by Charles Lloyd [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | His boyish good looks , his jet-black Beatle cut and the unusual film-star name which was a product of his Italian parentage , made him a magnet for instant attention . |
| 21 | Young and eager , he was well placed to capture the emergent UK rap scene , and his forthright personality also made him a match for America 's often egoistic rap stars . |
| 22 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
| 23 | Dublin 's goals and aggressive style made him a target for several top clubs . |
| 24 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 25 | You made him a replacement for Judd . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He rang me and offered me a door for £250 . |
| 27 | She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’ |
| 28 | Canny Scot that he is , he guessed what was happening , followed them out of the shop and offered them a tenner for the amp . |
| 29 | ‘ Sent me a cheque for expenses , too . ’ |
| 30 | On my twenty-first birthday , she sent me a cheque for three thousand pounds that had been left to my mother in her godfather 's will . |