Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Invited them out for a drink ? ’ |
| 4 | She invited him home for a coffee and he set about trying to find out what was wrong with her washing machine . |
| 5 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 6 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |
| 7 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She regarded him steadily for a minute with eyes still bloodshot from crying . |
| 10 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 11 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 12 | She regarded him thoughtfully for a moment or two . |
| 13 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |
| 14 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh — do n't tell me , I do n't want to know , ’ Emmie cried passionately , flinging herself down on top of William who suffered her patiently for a moment and then got up , shook himself and moved away . |
| 16 | He studied her intently for a moment , then bowed his head slightly . |
| 17 | He studied her minutely for a long time until she felt his eyes had bored into her very skull . |
| 18 | He studied her impassively for a moment . |
| 19 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 20 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 21 | Picasso , on the other hand , while he was undoubtedly fascinated by the formal and sculptured properties of tribal art , also admired it intuitively for a more fundamental reason ; for its ‘ reasonable ’ or conceptual quality . |
| 22 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 23 | As this happened two weeks before Christmas , Sinitta hopes someone scooped him up for a Christmas gift . |
| 24 | My , my sister- in-law , she w had to go in just before Christmas , had to rather suddenly she 's was diagnosed in the summer as having diverticulitis and they planned a sort of diet out to keep her really well and she was in terrible pain and they rushed her off for a scan and er she goes privately cos Vernon , I think actually his is BUPA that he 's in , he joined when it first came out and she wrote to me and she said oh I 'm , I just feel so lonely , there 's nobody to talk to , I 've got nobody to see or anything and she felt a bit cos she was n't really that ill |
| 25 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 26 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 27 | Chapman became a target man in more ways than one as the Germans singled him out for a buffeting that went unpunished by Swedish referee Rune Larsson . |
| 28 | Iago rose to take his leave , but the prince called him back for a moment . |
| 29 | He watched her closely for a long time but there was no further flicker of consciousness . |
| 30 | He watched her guardedly for a moment , then he said , ‘ Do I take it that you 're referring to Elise ? ’ |