Example sentences of "[pron] for [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That will do nothing for morale and recruitment in Glasgow . |
| 2 | Do n't worry he 's not getting nothing for Christmas but a card and that 's it Ca n't even come and say hello , so bugger him ! |
| 3 | This threw her more passionately on to me for solace and support , but I was losing patience — I did n't know how to cope . |
| 4 | I was wrapped up in an officer 's uniform ; you could n't see me for fur and leather . |
| 5 | She came to rely on me for help and support and I am very , very upset . |
| 6 | ‘ He came to me for help and those men murdered him ! |
| 7 | She ate me for breakfast and simply disappeared . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't ask me for chapter and verse . |
| 9 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 10 | We have applied to them for bonding and may choose to move down that route instead . |
| 11 | But I want to look at them both and I will go through them as well and mark them for spelling and for for your punctuation and everything else . |
| 12 | McMillen , writer at Edin. for Defending the Country against the Sub penas Served against them for Candle and Leather . |
| 13 | McMillen , writer at Edin. for Defending the Country against the Sub penas Served against them for Candle and Leather . |
| 14 | Under the terms of the initial agreement , Thomson-CSF will be able to use the PowerPC architecture to develop digital processing functions for its equipment and will be licensed to manufacture some microprocessors from the PowerPC family and customise them for defence and aerospace applications . |
| 15 | He did some work for A V Roe , erecting aeroplanes and preparing them for test and delivery flights . |
| 16 | Hewlett-Packard Co has put a hard hat onto its HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstations and brought out a new Posix-compliant HP-RT 1.0 real-time operating system for them for factory-floor and control applications . |
| 17 | She was married to a man who believed her to be a traitor and a spy , a man who had stood beside her during a ceremony that bound them for life and had not once looked at her , nor touched her except to push a heavy , engraved ring on to her finger . |
| 18 | During these early years children form attitudes and perceptions which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will serve them in years to come . |
| 19 | During these early years children form attitudes and perceptions which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will be with them for life and so we must nurture in the children those attitudes and values which will serve them in years to come . |
| 20 | People who do n't know them take them for man and wife . ’ |
| 21 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 22 | The cuttings will remain in this position until the following autumn — 12 months — during which period you will need to keep an eye on them for pest and disease and , of course , include them in your routine precautionary spraying and care . |
| 23 | Hamlet is given soliloquies for reflection , self-criticism , and for resolves to act , some of which are carried out ; Iago has them for self-presentation and for announcements of his actions which — like Richard III in his self-confidence — are first described , then performed , and subsequently commented on . |
| 24 | However , as we saw , this type of personality hangs on to others , looking to them for affirmation and praise . |
| 25 | I looked and I looked ; but while I saw similarities ( the forehead , the set of the eyes ) , while I could understand that other people might take them for mother and daughter , it did n't work for me . |
| 26 | Talk to your church leader or youth leader and ask them for advice and prayer support . |
| 27 | so you can go to them and ask them for advice and they ca n't give it , because there 's not that link back to where you know |
| 28 | if you 'd of gone to them for advice and say which is the better buy , which will was wash better and why , you know , I want I want |
| 29 | Anyone seeing them together on the common outside Oswaldston would have taken them for husband and wife , though Hilary was by nearly three years the younger . |
| 30 | Digging them up for fuel or compost , or draining and ploughing them for farming and forestry , causes significant emissions of carbon dioxide to the air . |