Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | And put it on , they used to give me tote odds , sometimes I asked for them , usually they 'll automatically give me tote odds . |
| 2 | I asked for them did n't I ? |
| 3 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 4 | I paid for them , and I 'm hungry . ’ |
| 5 | to about what I paid for them |
| 6 | and erm I paid for them dearly for piercing for me |
| 7 | I paid for them . |
| 8 | I prayed for them in their growing up years more than I had ever done before . |
| 9 | When I was alone , I prayed for them both . |
| 10 | Erm , and I worked for them for about twelve or thirteen years , I suppose , trolling around sout south of England . |
| 11 | I said that 's just down bloody road from where I , where I live like cos er I used to work for their rival , G E C well they were A E R when I worked for them . |
| 12 | How sorry I felt for them as I stood with my images of a future of crackling kindling and bringing the pine logs hither and other rustic carry-ons . |
| 13 | And I felt for them , poor dead butterflies , my fellow-victims . |
| 14 | And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front . |
| 15 | I guess that 's part of it : I never really wanted anyone else to tell me what to do , though I craved for them to make my decisions easier . |
| 16 | ‘ So I auditioned for them and they auditioned for me and we got to like each other and at that stage we did n't give a shit what each other looked like , we just realised that there was talent there . |
| 17 | She loves those lacy things you know by and do you remember I I bought for them for Christmas I bought her a tissue box with that beautiful lace cover ? |
| 18 | You 'd expect about ta , thanks you used to think cor christ and then I , I mean all the bits I did for them and I remember one woman getting up saying come on Flo come and stretch and she said who are you ? |
| 19 | There were also a number of questions I had for them . |
| 20 | But I ran for them and won most everything , so it was good fun , and it also kept me off the streets , which pleased my parents . |
| 21 | It finished only just ahead of the Alliance poll of 26 per cent ( which produced for them only seventeen Liberal and six SDP seats ) . |
| 22 | In the following year , however , a plot was hatched by the English and their supporters , which regained for them control of the city . |
| 23 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 24 | Despite her criticism of their dancing they knew she cared for them and always stepped in in any family crisis : |
| 25 | An hour later , she was sent for and went as she was , still in the apron spotted with bits of meat and potato where they had clung to her as she fought for them . |
| 26 | Well it was just a dinner you made for them you see . |
| 27 | I have n't been in your bag since the end of the week when you asked for them . |
| 28 | But all the old miners I met , contemporaries of Orwell , remembered the arrival of the baths , thought they were wonderful , yet could n't remember how they came or who fought for them . |
| 29 | The raft she rode for them was a miracle : was it diamonds , they wondered , was it spun glass ? |
| 30 | The envoy pleaded that there was much to be said for the Duke , to which Gustavus replied that there was much to be said for lice by those who cared for them . |