Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 2 | Might want them for a cup of tea . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 4 | You do n't fool me for a second . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I did n't even recognise you for a minute there , and I did n't like the feeling . |
| 7 | Once you have rehearsed , you will need to record a demo , especially as many venues wo n't consider you for a gig unless they have heard you on tape . |
| 8 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 9 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 10 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 11 | Here you can buy everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 12 | The outspoken Mrs Clinton , an assertive Leftish lawyer , has already become a campaign issue because of a scathing remark she made about women who ‘ stay at home and bake cookies ’ and because Mr Clinton says he will consider her for a job in his Cabinet once he wins the White House . |
| 13 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 14 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 15 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 16 | We could introduce it for a trial period , we could |
| 17 | I did I did n't doubt it for a minute , I thought I know this |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
| 19 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
| 20 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 21 | I 'd promise anything for a leg over in those days , he used to say , but I 've got more about me now . |
| 22 | In addition to the obvious environmental benefits , this will also qualify us for a cash award from Save-a-Cup which will be donated to charity . ’ |
| 23 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 24 | sort of well a couple of nights deejaying will do me for a start really . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll send someone for a blanket and we 'll get her there in no time at all . ’ |
| 26 | I du n no but I got a wonderful hand look wha I 'll just show you for a start , cos I 'm putting that in the box . |
| 27 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
| 28 | You ca n't beat it for a breath of fresh air — wing walking . |
| 29 | wan na borrow it for a night do n't you ? |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't seem to have much hesitation about speaking your mind , whether I want to hear what 's on it or not , so I 'll speak mine for a change . |