Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 2 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 3 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 7 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 8 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
| 9 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 10 | But if you want your life story to grip them by the throat and take them along for a rattling good ride which will haunt them for years to come — forget it . |
| 11 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 12 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 13 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 14 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 15 | put me in for a lovely red for me . |
| 16 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah , but made my in for a tea . |
| 18 | I was very new on the wing and someone in for a bad sex offence talked about their crime and I was badly affected . |
| 19 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 20 | Christmases were wonderful and greatly looked forward to by us both , but they were also tiring , and in early January , when all danger of further jollity from New Year had receded , we took ourselves off for a couple of days . |
| 21 | Her husband had opened a bookshop to support her and their two children , but it was " imperative for her to work " at her old job as reader , " to tide them over for a year or two " . |
| 22 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 23 | So I drove to Arnisdale and discovered that Mr McTavish would indeed ferry me over for a bottle of malt : but he wanted another bottle to bring me back . |
| 24 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 25 | A Colonel Drage , for instance , who lived at The Rodd near Presteigne , would sometimes invite Brian and me over for a night . |
| 26 | He 's the chap who knocks on your door at unholy hours of the morning and invites himself in for a Big Breakfast . |
| 27 | It was a room no-one ever came into , except the dead woman 's husband , who visited it religiously every Sunday morning before Mass , locking himself in for an hour , while , Ellie guessed , he dusted and tidied the shrine he had created , and prayed for the soul of the one departed . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't mind ? ’ she asked , thinking it more than good of him to use his morning squiring her around , without him letting himself in for an afternoon of more of the same ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |