Example sentences of "they [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put them on for me , Conroy , ’ she said , leaning back on both hands against the dressing-table . |
| 2 | In the late seventies some people in the mainstream of literary study were inclined to believe , or halfbelieve , these ideas , or to try them on for size . |
| 3 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 4 | Call them on for more details . |
| 5 | But we do take some of them on for work experience — we have to remember that we 'll always need a pool of new photographers to choose from . ’ |
| 6 | I am in the process of compiling a book on old fashioned remedies for horse ailments and am writing to ask if any of your readers have experience of any , and would they be kind enough to pass them on for possible publication . |
| 7 | Almost imperceptibly the practice began of signing them on for voyages to Britain , Europe and North America so that the numbers of Chinamen and Lascars on ships based in these areas gradually increased and with it the Chinese , Indian and half-caste population of such ports as Cardiff and Liverpool . |
| 8 | He actually likes rolling them on for me . |
| 9 | I keep them on for the programme . |
| 10 | The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration . |
| 11 | No he did n't er P C found some trousers , I 'm not sure where he got them from er and put them on for him . |
| 12 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 13 | Never mind I 'll sew them on for you , I hate sewing but I 'll do it for you Mary Lou . |
| 14 | That 's what I 'd like to know said Gwendoline smugly , six buttons all ripped off I 'm putting them on for Mary Lou because I 'm so sorry any one should play at such a dirty trick . |
| 15 | Go to a pushbike shop they whip them off and whip them on for you you buy , you know , if you go out and buy one then just take wheel with you they 'll stick them straight on . |
| 16 | To relax the feet totally , start by soaking them in for 20 minutes in some herbal bath salts . |
| 17 | People took them in for them other people what was sick but we did n't never have no dosh . ’ |
| 18 | Peel carried on playing their records and booking them in for sessions , despite their high degree of success . |
| 19 | No — I would n't take them in for fighting . |
| 20 | ‘ They probably think we 've come to call them in for milking . ’ |
| 21 | We have been starved of second-hand cars because nobody was trading them in for new ones , but this should change that . ’ |
| 22 | Watford will have little time to bask in their glory — manager Steve Perryman has pulled them in for training at lunchtime today . |
| 23 | Most varieties supplied by garden centres grow a little too large to make ideal houseplants if you just take them in for the winter , but many dwarf and miniature types are ideal for deep sunny windowsills . |
| 24 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 25 | We came to recognize the furtive knocking of these late callers , and tried to alleviate their disappointment by inviting them in for tea and sympathy . |
| 26 | Self-select P E Ps are a little bit different , is that when you , you the managers give you a choice of shares and it 's rather like pulling the handle on the one-armed bandit , you say right , I 'll start with er er I C I and I 'll back that up with B A T , and , and you leave them in for as long as you want , and you pay a charge when you move the shares , so you can actually control the P E P . |
| 27 | Cos if it was as long as three hours , then I 'd expect Julie would have had to program them in for it would n't she . |
| 28 | Connie buzzed them in for a joyous greeting from Hurley , Colonel John Sasser , the Defense attaché , and one of Buck Revell 's FBI team , but there was n't much time for celebration because Hamadan was wanted elsewhere for debriefing . |
| 29 | ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I break them in for my Dad . ’ |