Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 2 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 3 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 4 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 5 | He might even hand it over tonight when he called to take her out for a meal . |
| 6 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Sometimes I managed to block them out for a while , then something would happen to trigger them back — a comment or something on TV . |
| 9 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 10 | Earnest me anyway slightly hankered alter another Italian boy , Joseph , who had invited me out for a walk . |
| 11 | Iain had invited him over for a meal . |
| 12 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 13 | Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment . |
| 14 | She could n't go out and play with the other kids , she had to take him round for a walk |
| 15 | He intended to mark it up for a hundred . |