Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for a meal " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's like a man takes you out for a meal and he 's thinking , ‘ I let her have an horsd'oeuvre , so I can definitely ask her to wear the handcuffs later on . ' ’ |
| 3 | Iain had invited him over for a meal . |
| 4 | He wo n't take her out for a meal . |
| 5 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 6 | He would n't have asked her out for a meal if he did n't like her , she reasoned . |
| 7 | A couple of months ago he took her out for a meal and she tried to kiss him . |
| 8 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 9 | ‘ I mean , there 's no need for you to take me out for a meal . ’ |
| 10 | And there 's a fascinating article in this , the current edition , the January edition it is now , because they go so far in advance , of She magazine , which says that er , it 's a desperate plight sometimes , when you have people coming for Christmas who fall into several categories like lazy slobs , who do absolutely nothing , and misers , who turn up with a stale box of chocolates , and never take you out for a meal in return for your hospitality , and the amorous couples who er , embarrass you by er , er , noisily retiring to their bedroom , if I may put it that way , and then the guests who turn up in mid-row , and bicker systematically over the whole of the festive period . |
| 11 | ‘ While you shower and change before I take you out for a meal . ’ |
| 12 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 13 | He might even hand it over tonight when he called to take her out for a meal . |
| 14 | Robert merely had to drop a few bon mots from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi 's handbook into the conversation and Maisie 's eyes widened the way they did when you offered to take her out for a meal or when she was telling you how someone had told someone that she had a beautiful mouth . |
| 15 | No , but she wants me to bring you back for a meal . |