Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 2 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 3 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
| 4 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 5 | ‘ And was n't he being romantic when he suggested that we consider you for this job ? |
| 6 | When I was at college I did a pastiche of the student magazine , doing the fold , and it was called Shell , so we renamed it for that one issue Rolling Shell , and I ever so carefully did the lettering for both the title boxes , then I got really disappointed when it came to set the type for the front page article underneath the big photograph which we printed as duo tone , because I could do it on the I B M — I could actually do it in Times and I thought it was going to be really , you know , I 'd have to really struggle and find |
| 7 | ‘ But I thank God that He spared me for this ! ’ |
| 8 | Nearly all of you promised to promote Society membership and I thank you for that . |
| 9 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 10 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 11 | And I respect him for that . |
| 12 | Anyway , the people at SIS are big enough to take it and I respect them for that . ’ |
| 13 | I say twelve , and I let it for less because I 'm soft-hearted . |
| 14 | Councillor is on record , in fact not long after taking his job , that he does n't care much for state education , he prefers , grant maintained schools , the assisted places scheme , which I 'm pleased to say , Lord Mayor , we do n't operate in this district and neither did the Tories when they were in power and I applaud them for that |
| 15 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 16 | Cos I owe you for those , oh you need to take it out |
| 17 | ‘ And you hate me for all that , of course , ’ Luke accepted neutrally . |
| 18 | put this program in and you swap it for this er map disk , then it comes up , you tell it where you are , where you going to and it works your route out |
| 19 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 20 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 21 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 22 | His head dipped towards her , and she braced herself for another of his harsh , punishing kisses , knowing any attempt at escape would be a complete waste of time . |
| 23 | To her , the building was endlessly exciting , and she liked it for all the reasons that most people would specify as particular causes for dislike . |
| 24 | You can set yourself a maximum bid , having viewed the fish beforehand , and can congratulate yourself if you get it for less . |
| 25 | But , that just means the levels of insurance , as a risk , ah , you know , and we 've just put a rate in to , to represent the , the levels of insurance because we charge you more if we insure you for more then . |
| 26 | But the speakers that you are observing ‘ know ’ how to use the resources of variation available to them , and they use them for many purposes , including the marking of varying social roles and functions . |
| 27 | They sat in the corner and he pumped her for any information she might have gleaned from Wickham . |
| 28 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
| 29 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 30 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |