Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] things for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to buy things for me . |
| 2 | But the pattern of leaks since then has complicated things for both the British and Irish . |
| 3 | This is not always easy , especially when the relationship is going through a sticky patch , but if they can feel close from time to time , the pulling-back will happen less , and Elizabeth could reassure Harry that just because she wants to do things for herself does n't mean that she does n't want him . |
| 4 | I can tell something is wrong and that you 're dying to spoil things for me . |
| 5 | That 's why I came to see things for myself . ’ |
| 6 | He did n't really strike her as a particularly nosy person , just wanting to know things for the hell of it . |
| 7 | Second , they start refusing to name things for which they lack words ( Clark , 1974 ) . |
| 8 | And it 's , I 'm going to do things for the house like I want to make erm Chris has put back the rail over my windowsill . |
| 9 | Essentially , it is because they ca n't be bothered to do things for themselves . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , yes , I want to help to make things for the big bazaar Mr Sands was talking about , to help those who live here in such misery . ’ |
| 11 | That ai n't helping to do things for children . |
| 12 | The people I could have done things for … . |
| 13 | From the early 1970s the idea of revivalism in consumption and aesthetic theory had become rampant , as people started to buy things for their ‘ kitsch ’ value or their references — note the Deco dream world of Biba 's store in Kensington High Street as the high water mark of this style in the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | ‘ As a new young photographer , he was being given a great opportunity and he could have spoilt things for himself by using me . ’ |
| 15 | And I have stopped taking things for granted . |
| 16 | They 're trying to make the bottom bit look decent now , they keep buying things for it , but it never looks right you ca n't see it from here , we 'll go out and look at the garden after tea . " |
| 17 | Again like some in Exodus 16 they try to manage things for themselves . |
| 18 | Some may prefer to be presented with a prescribed set of facts and skills , whilst others may learn best by being encouraged to discover things for themselves , often as solutions to problems . |
| 19 | but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time . |
| 20 | A more ruthless woman would have let the whole place slide into chaos until he learned to do things for himself . |
| 21 | He did take things for granted , though . |
| 22 | However , you should also make it clear that you would not expect to come in and immediately start changing things for the sake of it . |
| 23 | The family member will continue to do things for the primary sufferer ( providing food and shelter and other necessities of life , tidying up the messes , telling lies or half-truths to " cover up " , paying off debts or fines , providing bail , apologising on his or her behalf and generally doing everything possible to protect the primary sufferer from the consequences of his or her disease ) regardless of the demonstrable fact that these actions do not help the sufferer to get into recovery . |
| 24 | Just trying to stir things for Shergold , more likely . ’ |
| 25 | The letter concludes : ’ it seems very unjust that young people who are determined to improve things for themselves after a bad start in life should be faced with such an uphill struggle . ’ |
| 26 | She wanted to do things for him — it seemed to give some purpose to her life to have somebody depending even a little on her . |
| 27 | Now the government understands that they have to do things for culture ’ , compensating for neglected priorities in the past . |
| 28 | When they went out on their own with girls , they tended to fix things for the same evening so as not to spend two nights separated where one would do . |
| 29 | That means working to change things for the better . |