Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season
2 Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’
3 OK , ’ he decided , ‘ Once we get home , a bite of lunch , and I 'll beam you up for a quick one . ’
4 She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch .
5 Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’
6 We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble .
7 I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway .
8 I 'll send someone round for the lap-top now . ’
9 If it were up to me , I 'd jock you off for the rest of the season .
10 Australian Aborigines are very direct about this so they , so they do expect something back for the initiation an and it 's a kind of reciprocal thing where okay , you initiate me and I 'll put up with all this crap from you , but you know , you give me a wife , you 've got daughters I want a wife and er if I do n't get it , there 's gon na be real trouble and this is how the system works .
11 Let it carry him along for a bit longer .
12 I would n't give him up for the world . ’
13 ‘ That person is here again , Miss Grenfell , she says she has slippers for you , shall I show her in for the fitting ? ’
14 Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners .
15 We 've got some soup so we thought well we can make some of that up in the morning then we could just warm it up for the dinners
16 Well if they come round to ours this year I 'll invite them in I 'll take them to my basement and I 'll lock 'em up for a few days .
17 they might keep you in for a longer rest
18 That 's why we 'll keep her in for a week or so , for tests , but our consultant is very pleased with her — and very optimistic .
19 Gary Stevens , whose non-appearance was announced on Monday , is to enter hospital tomorrow for an operation on his damaged left foot that will keep him out for the rest of the season .
20 But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post .
21 In this respect , it would seem to be more important that family relationships improve , whether or not husband and wife remain together , rather than urging parents to ‘ stick it out for the sake of the children ’ in unhappy marriages .
22 They they something like , and I 'll look it up for the precise wording , that this would be acting like greenbelt .
23 But you can only use it up for a month and then you .
24 Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service .
25 Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow .
26 If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’
27 Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career .
28 That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast .
29 That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast .
30 Let's face it , all she 'd have to do would be to sit and let him sleep it off for a while , it was probably what the kid needed most , and he 'd never remember anything different .
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