Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 2 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 3 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 4 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 5 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 6 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 7 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 8 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 9 | It 's certainly a , a day of reflection an and great appreciation on a part of all of us , the reason we 're here er for me , personally , I need to back up for a moment perhaps . |
| 10 | ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place . |
| 11 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 12 | I promise to come out for a drink or dinner , even a game of tennis with you . ’ ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 14 | The alarm was raised when she failed to turn up for a meeting with students . |
| 15 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 16 | Ring her up , see if she wants to come down for a drink . |
| 17 | ‘ You want to watch out for the lorries . |
| 18 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 19 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 20 | ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ? |
| 21 | Even though she tried to listen out for the sound of a returning car , the castle and the road leading up to it remained as silent as the grave . |
| 22 | ‘ Would you like to go out for a drink ? ’ |
| 23 | I met him at my wee cousin 's wedding — he was the Best Man — he says to me would you like to go out for a bite to eat ? |
| 24 | Would you like to come round for a cup of tea ? ’ |
| 25 | She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Would you like to come in for a … cup of coffee or something ? ’ |
| 27 | You try to get up for a cup of tea |
| 28 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 29 | ‘ She had to go out for a moment . ’ |
| 30 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |