Example sentences of "her [adv prt] for a " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 11 | There was enough money in her savings account to see her through for a while . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 ? ’ |
| 15 | The Thelma & Louise star , then a sales assistant , impressed a talent spotter who snapped her up for a stage role . |
| 16 | ‘ So you can tap her up for a few quid petrol money , eh ? |
| 17 | My dad , well in fact , we , we were laughing at my dad because we said , we said , it shut her up for a bit ! |
| 18 | Nigel rallied round and asked her out for a drink . |
| 19 | He might even hand it over tonight when he called to take her out for a meal . |
| 20 | He would n't have asked her out for a meal if he did n't like her , she reasoned . |
| 21 | She 'll hang around the Earls Court guest house till then , waiting for me to turn up and whisk her out for a spaghetti . |
| 22 | Her Uncle Tom is delighted and arranges to take her out for a slap up meal . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ See her , take her out for a drink . ’ |
| 25 | A couple of months ago he took her out for a meal and she tried to kiss him . |
| 26 | And I said oh that 's right , he said and I , I 'd come up and see her the first we 'll either take her out for a drink afterwards , I thought that does n't seemed to mix in one glass , and I going to a pub because she 's , but there you are , and she so 's erm , can I bet you 'll stay a bit , she said oh , I think December is your like it to be , well obviously it 's getting him settled you must n't over , she must off pushed him and then he 's said erm , I , I 've told mum and dad that if they want to go as well , they can go . |
| 27 | He wo n't take her out for a meal . |
| 28 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 29 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |