Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He chatted on about them for the rest of the journey , as she had hoped he would , and she learnt that they could n't be better looked after . |
| 2 | Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting . |
| 3 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 4 | One of the sons had done the right thing and had taken the pressure off me for a while . |
| 5 | I understand all right , and if you think you 're going to live off me for the rest of your life you 're mistaken . |
| 6 | Two you had off me for the fete . |
| 7 | For it seemed to her then that he was aware that her thoughts were troubled and , when he had no need whatsoever to put himself out , he had decided to take her mind off them for a brief while . |
| 8 | ‘ So how about me for a mate ? ’ |
| 9 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 10 | If you intend to tile over existing tiles , you will have to drill holes through them for the masonry pins . |
| 11 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
| 12 | That 's an area where they 're not gon na get involved unless there 's an awful lot of money and yes , there is money , for them for a training budget , but certainly not enough to cover what would be lost if , if Tomlinson , and let's face it , if they win Tomlinson it will just continue . |
| 13 | I personally think he suits their style more and will probably do good things for them for a while , until he gets bored , or dropped , or injured . |
| 14 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 15 | A day 's journey with small children , or alternatively getting someone to care for them for the day , is not easy . |
| 16 | Bénéteau will build a maxi for them for the race . |
| 17 | The little girl answered and the conversation flowed between them for a while ; the little boy did n't say anything . |
| 18 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 19 | PAUL Hodkinson and Colin McMillan are demanding £500,000 between them for a world featherweight title showdown . |
| 20 | The only objects in the entire room were two upturned wooden boxes to serve as chairs and a third box between them for a table . |
| 21 | Piper squirmed between them for a moment , fighting to get free , then went limp . |
| 22 | The implied criticism hung in the air between them for a few moments . |
| 23 | That last dangerous statement seemed to hang in the sunlit air between them for a very long time . |
| 24 | It recognized that there was a National Health Service and a private sector and , rather than arguing that one should be taken over by the other , proposed sensible cooperation between them for the benefit of patients . |
| 25 | And two companies with strong Australian transport interests , Britannic Shipping and Playmaker , have agreed sponsorship deals worth nearly £100,000 a year between them for the next three years . |
| 26 | Therefore price competition between them for the right to sell to the retailers would drive price to marginal cost . |
| 27 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 28 | Can you just get up and look under your seat for me for a moment ? |
| 29 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 30 | Would you and Karen mind standing in for me for a while ? ’ |