Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I keep them on for the programme . |
| 4 | I 'll have a bath an' all an' my brither-in-law 'll see me right for the gear . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 7 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 8 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 9 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 10 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 11 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 12 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 13 | Did he live with me only for the sake of appearances , perhaps ? |
| 14 | If I buy some carpets fitting or do I extra for the fitting ? |
| 15 | I 'll tell Jack Dodson to pick 'er up for the fatstock market on Thursday . |
| 16 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 17 | ‘ I realise the European Tour will not be too happy but I blame them anyway for the clash of dates , ’ Faldo said . |
| 18 | But like that A lot of families had them and kept them just for the family . |
| 19 | I bought them just for the bag though . |
| 20 | You take me away for the weekend and then come back and act as if you 've just met me at a friend 's house for the first time ! |
| 21 | Alan , whom I did n't know very well , had invited Ann and me over for the day , and had also offered to act as our gillie . |
| 22 | I pay tribute to them tonight for the work that they have undertaken in an attempt to keep us aware of what is happening out there . |
| 23 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's finished me off for the day , that has ! |
| 25 | and she 's been letting me off for the keep . |
| 26 | You put me aside for the winter . |
| 27 | Are you on for the treble ? |
| 28 | Now then , I like the new look — ’ Sarella had had her hair cropped ‘ — and was thinking of putting you in for the ingénue , but I 'm having second thoughts . ’ |
| 29 | Nero sends his luv and wants to put you in for the chariot racing next time . |
| 30 | I can not say thank you enough for the effort that has gone on . ’ |