Example sentences of "i [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let me in for Chris ' sake and I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 2 | They say they 're keeping me in for observation . |
| 3 | At Barvas Lodge knickerbockered ladies with good stud pearl earrings invited me in for tea . |
| 4 | They asked me in for tea , and we all listened to the morning news on Radio Tonga , crackling over the miles from the aerials down in Tongatapu . |
| 5 | see through me with a voice of rival , rival calm when she called me in for tea , have a go |
| 6 | She 's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men , she 's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again , right super mum she has x-ray vision , she can see through me , with a voice or rival calm when she called me in for tea , |
| 7 | What did you put me down for accent ? |
| 8 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 9 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 10 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 11 | He would invite me over for dinner quite often , and nearly every time they 'd have a fight . |
| 12 | After all , the press have been trying to marry me off for years . ’ |
| 13 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 14 | ( ‘ They 're trying to fit me up for burglary this time ’ . |
| 15 | So that was the attitude hey , but erm they 'll have me up for libel here . |
| 16 | And I 'll need somebody to wake me up for work tomorrow . ’ |
| 17 | Cos Steve always had to wake me up for work |
| 18 | He asked me back for lunch after the Eucharist . |
| 19 | Any hassles , get her to buzz me back for clearance . |
| 20 | Each time I went to Bristol , she took me out for tea on her own , or with a girlfriend . |
| 21 | For one thing I learned to cope with it better and then , well , I started growing and nobody singled me out for ridicule any more . |
| 22 | They messed me around for days . |