Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We asked you for a letter written by a father to his son admitting that he has some embarrassing or socially undesirable condition . |
| 2 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 3 | We monitored them for a period of about twelve months before we reported to members on the outcome . |
| 4 | We tried it for a whole year . |
| 5 | The other car , the other De Dion we had , burst its radiator , but we are very resourceful ; we went and bought thirty foot of garden hose and connected it to the engine and sent the water round and round the car and that acted as a radiator , and we drove it for a week like that . |
| 6 | They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that . |
| 7 | We took him for an X-ray . |
| 8 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
| 9 | We saw it for a moment and then the match went out . |
| 10 | We did it for a laugh . |
| 11 | Covering the work to protect from frost and rain , we left it for a few days to dry , which helps the shuttering to loosen itself too . |
| 12 | Yes , er , no , yonks and yonks , yonks , yonks , yonks ago we had one for a it 's from them , absolutely ages ago So that 's that lot |