Example sentences of "her [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think , ’ the policeman was saying , ‘ I 'd better take her in for a little talk . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Last Tuesday Nellie , my wife , had to go to hospital and they kept her in for a day and a night for eye tests . |
| 3 | " I 'll take her in — yes , why not — I 'll take her in for a small consideration . |
| 4 | ‘ You never ask her in for a drink ? ’ |
| 5 | That 's why we 'll keep her in for a week or so , for tests , but our consultant is very pleased with her — and very optimistic . |
| 6 | trade her in for a new model |
| 7 | Well she she used to drink tea when she if I ever well I did n't invite her in for a coffee do , well I did n't to begin with did I ? |
| 8 | For instance , If you are talking to a neighbour and he or she seems in no particular rush , then invite him or her in for an impromptu cup of something . |
| 9 | She looked alert and approachable , just the type of person we were looking for , so we asked her in for an interview . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That person is here again , Miss Grenfell , she says she has slippers for you , shall I show her in for the fitting ? ’ |
| 11 | She , they should of put her in for the intermediate |
| 12 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 13 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 14 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 15 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 16 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 17 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 18 | There was enough money in her savings account to see her through for a while . |
| 19 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 20 | My , my sister- in-law , she w had to go in just before Christmas , had to rather suddenly she 's was diagnosed in the summer as having diverticulitis and they planned a sort of diet out to keep her really well and she was in terrible pain and they rushed her off for a scan and er she goes privately cos Vernon , I think actually his is BUPA that he 's in , he joined when it first came out and she wrote to me and she said oh I 'm , I just feel so lonely , there 's nobody to talk to , I 've got nobody to see or anything and she felt a bit cos she was n't really that ill |
| 21 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 22 | The Thelma & Louise star , then a sales assistant , impressed a talent spotter who snapped her up for a stage role . |
| 23 | ‘ So you can tap her up for a few quid petrol money , eh ? |
| 24 | My dad , well in fact , we , we were laughing at my dad because we said , we said , it shut her up for a bit ! |
| 25 | Nancy was able to come to Bedford and a kindly Methodist lady put her up for the night . |
| 26 | Their common lot was fierce parental discipline , even a man of a warm and kindly nature such as Samuel Pepys thought nothing of beating his 15-year-old maid with a broomstick , and locking her up for the night in his cellar , or whipping his boy-servant , or even boxing his clerk 's ears . |
| 27 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
| 28 | He might even hand it over tonight when he called to take her out for a meal . |
| 29 | He would n't have asked her out for a meal if he did n't like her , she reasoned . |
| 30 | She 'll hang around the Earls Court guest house till then , waiting for me to turn up and whisk her out for a spaghetti . |