Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 2 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 4 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 5 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 6 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 7 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 8 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 9 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 10 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 11 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 12 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 13 | We monitored them for a period of about twelve months before we reported to members on the outcome . |
| 14 | Kalchu picked up a handful of maize kernels , inspected them for a minute , and let them trickle back through his fingers . |
| 15 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 16 | The first year that they obtained a vintage of acceptable quality , he sent a dozen cases to his old régisseur to lay down , and invited him for a tasting . |
| 17 | Vass regarded her for a moment . |
| 18 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 19 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
| 20 | In 1954 the publishing firm Methuen approached him for a Christmas card , as did the National Marriage Guidance Council , the latter printing 6,700 copies of his design . |
| 21 | Kevin detained him for a moment . |
| 22 | Fuqua Industries first estimated the cost of capital for the corporate group using CAPM principles and then modified it for a division by reference to fourteen key risk elements . |
| 23 | I never doubted it for a minute , Jane , never . |
| 24 | On Feb. 26 the policy was presented to the Sejm ( lower chamber ) , which referred it for a report by its economic , finance and budgetary committee . |
| 25 | THE French count who is to marry the Princess of Wales ' stepmother , Raine , Countess of Spencer , said yesterday he felt ‘ totally abused ’ by people who rented his chateau then used it for a porn film . |
| 26 | Melcarek and Brown then used it for a study of the effects of chill stress on both prompt and delayed fluorescence . |
| 27 | He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out . |
| 28 | She tried it for a week , and then , then went to live with the Americans , and said the food was too fattening . |
| 29 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 30 | The stewardesses woke them for a champagne breakfast . |