Example sentences of "take [pers pn] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We took it over for a Sunday night , hiring it , promoting the gig ourselves , pushing out a lot of handbills . |
| 32 | She got , and hated , a job in a fruit pulpers in Covent Garden , and would drop in at lunchtimes , and one day , in the absence of anyone else competent to run the switchboard , she took it over for an hour . |
| 33 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 34 | It was the weekend I bought the Granada , I 'm sure it was when we went away first time I ever took it out for a run . |
| 35 | We 've spent months of shelving and then in the end he just says oh sod it , just took it out for an eight one six then . |
| 36 | The Campbells steamer his mother had once taken him on for a day trip to Ilfracombe . |
| 37 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 38 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 39 | We 've taken it over for a week or so . |
| 40 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 41 | ‘ I mean , there 's no need for you to take me out for a meal . ’ |
| 42 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 43 | But if you want your life story to grip them by the throat and take them along for a rattling good ride which will haunt them for years to come — forget it . |
| 44 | well I thought well if it checks me another six months at least when they say have you got any experience , but as I say I 'm still in touch with Mencap and I 'm still in touch with mine and I 've also er put in for , what they call them mobility insistence for the Princess Marina which again an education and you just go in and be , be a friend to somebody and you take them out for an hour , er a couple of hours , you , and you 're paid five pounds eighty for a two hour session |
| 45 | Most varieties supplied by garden centres grow a little too large to make ideal houseplants if you just take them in for the winter , but many dwarf and miniature types are ideal for deep sunny windowsills . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | ‘ While you shower and change before I take you out for a meal . ’ |
| 48 | They 'll be happy to show you lots of properties , take you back for a second and a third look , keep you informed about new properties — as long as you seem clear about what you want and serious about buying it . |
| 49 | Will you ? ’ rather than , ‘ Would you like me to take you out for a run in the car some time ? ’ |
| 50 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 51 | ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster . |
| 52 | ‘ See her , take her out for a drink . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Take her out for an hour or so , ’ he urged . |
| 54 | She could n't go out and play with the other kids , she had to take him round for a walk |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | He might even hand it over tonight when he called to take her out for a meal . |
| 57 | Her Uncle Tom is delighted and arranges to take her out for a slap up meal . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 60 | Two o'clock and I always used to leave work and take him out for an hour . |