Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You want me to work for you after the way you 've treated me ? |
| 2 | The Americans forged ahead not only because they could deploy greater resources , but also because they were more ruthless in seeking out key German experts during the chaos of the German surrender , and in persuading them to work for them in the United States . |
| 3 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 4 | Or the poster I produced for you of the doves of peace made with human hands . |
| 5 | Seve finished second to Johnny Miller and after that I caddied for him until the end of 1979 . |
| 6 | He adds : ‘ I also felt that I wanted to give the love that I felt for her in the way she needs love to be given . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 8 | Well , he fired a pistol and someone went for him with the blade of a scythe . ’ |
| 9 | A day 's journey with small children , or alternatively getting someone to care for them for the day , is not easy . |
| 10 | Here 's what I wrote in the obituary I did for him in The Guardian : |
| 11 | Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped . |
| 12 | I wished for nothing but the absence of pain , and Lili seemed beyond harm : as secure and unassailable as the morning-star . |
| 13 | I remember , I waited for her in the waiting room . |
| 14 | I waited for you at the gate . |
| 15 | As the British Airways Boeing 757 twin-engined jet touched down on Runway 27 Left at Heathrow at 8.33 a.m. , Adam concluded that there would probably be someone watching for him at the shuttle terminal . |
| 16 | As I search for it on the pavement , one of the girls says , ‘ Look at the yid licking the gutters for pennies . ’ |
| 17 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
| 18 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 19 | Perhaps you have observed me , I am often around , if you are not fixed up at the moment what about me waiting for you at the bus stop tonight ? |
| 20 | What 's the midwife 's job when she cares for you after the birth ? |
| 21 | Will you wait for me in the car ? ’ |
| 22 | Can you wait for me in the foyer of the nurses ’ home at ten past and we 'll run over to Faye and Bill 's in my car ? ’ |
| 23 | What role do you see for it after the transition ? |
| 24 | So she paid for it on the spot and took it home . |
| 25 | ‘ You ask : how do you advance the public interest , how do you provide for it in the best way ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We shall want you to play for us in the pageant . ’ |
| 27 | Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end . |
| 28 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
| 29 | ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too . |
| 30 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |