Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] for a [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 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 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | put me in for a lovely red for me . |
| 8 | I had thrown away my chances in life , pawned them off for a few cheap thrills . |
| 9 | they might keep you in for a longer rest |
| 10 | I 'm sorry , Ellie ; I let you in for a hard time , did n't I ? ’ |
| 11 | and it 's just a take on , so I watched what I said , but erm , we mentioned it , we , we did n't see very much about it we just said it 's coming up we 'll have , we 'll let you in for a full details next month so |
| 12 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 13 | We 'd sure love to put you up for a few days . ’ |
| 14 | OK , ’ he decided , ‘ Once we get home , a bite of lunch , and I 'll beam you up for a quick one . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't I take you out for a nice dinner this evening ? |
| 16 | what I 'll probably do is take you out for a little while so you can go up and see Annie and all that , next week , not only a |
| 17 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign . |
| 18 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
| 19 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
| 20 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 21 | In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap . |
| 22 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 23 | His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before . |
| 24 | Sometimes the driver comes and takes one group out for half a day , then he 'll take another group out for half a day , or he 'll take them out for a full day 's picnic . |
| 25 | trade her in for a new model |
| 26 | " I 'll take her in — yes , why not — I 'll take her in for a small consideration . |
| 27 | ‘ I think , ’ the policeman was saying , ‘ I 'd better take her in for a little talk . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd take him along for a veterinary verdict on these possibilities and take it from there . |
| 29 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 30 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |