Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 6 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 7 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power . |
| 11 | I 'm breaking them in for a horse . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Er , you would n't call them in for the petty things . |
| 14 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 15 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
| 16 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 17 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 18 | Once all the for the rth generation have been determined , we can write them down for the ( r+1 ) th generation using ( 8.3 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 25 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 26 | put me in for a lovely red for me . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 30 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |