Example sentences of "you [verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You said that you got it for a bet , well a bet is usually something like swimming in the North Sea on Christmas Day , I mean something sharp and brief , while working for a degree , however brilliant you are , takes years . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 3 | I would like you to wear it for a while . ’ |
| 4 | yeah , cos you changed it for a |
| 5 | ‘ He feels as if you played him for a fool . |
| 6 | ‘ When you telephone us for a quote , we will assign a member of staff to you , whom you can contact whenever you need to , without fear of being charged extra in costs , as some solicitors are wont to do every time you telephone them . |
| 7 | Will you keep them for a while ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Would you excuse me for a moment ? |
| 9 | Would you excuse me for a moment ? |
| 10 | ‘ Would you excuse me for a moment ? ’ |
| 11 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 12 | Again , like Microsoft , WordPerfect UK would rather that you contacted them for an upgrade . |
| 13 | So er if you y'know do the desired behaviour , you collect so many vouchers and er y'know when you 've got ten vouchers you exchange it for a television or something like that , but there 's a whole range of things of that nature . |
| 14 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 15 | ‘ Are you joining us for a swim ? ’ asked David in a loud voice . |
| 16 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’ |
| 18 | Do you take me for a fool , child ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do you take me for a highwayman ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Do you take me for a fool , sir ? ’ |
| 21 | And can you join me for a bit of breaking and entering some time this evening ? " |
| 22 | You use it for a high , like a shot of whisky . |
| 23 | And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen forever . ’ |
| 24 | You hire it for a day or whatever it is . |
| 25 | You knew it for a fact . |
| 26 | And , as one of my brothers said , if you took it for a walk it panted . |
| 27 | If you leave it for a while , the reeds invade , and there 's no expanse of water at all . |
| 28 | She does n't have a job , of course , so she does n't understand that things are different when you do them for a living . |
| 29 | Then when you 've all found a good combination , you do it for a while , then you turn on the tape machine … |
| 30 | Yes , every now and then the temptation to do something sort of very cool and very sort of ten point Univers and you do it for a bit , and you 've done it and then you use some proper faces instead . |