Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean plans for education ? |
| 2 | ‘ Frankly , I make clothes for women to look sweet . |
| 3 | I make allowances for the fact that the hon. Gentleman clearly prepared his supplementary before the news was announced . |
| 4 | I make allowances for old'uns who have rubber sharks in their cars : - ) |
| 5 | Course I do get the Woman and the Woman 's Own plus I swap Options for the Cosmopolitan off our Joy . |
| 6 | For clothes , I suggest catalogues for a good selection . |
| 7 | If the truth were known , it is only because I have for so long been lonely that I welcome demands for help . |
| 8 | When I think of my previous existence — of all I thought I could reasonably expect of the rest of my life , an allowed place at the extreme corner of someone 's drawing-room carpet , a Servant 's garret or no better , I give thanks for every little thing , which is unspeakably dear to me . |
| 9 | When I explain that I read books for a living , people launch into a frenzy of apologetic explanation : ‘ I do n't have the time ! ’ ; |
| 10 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |
| 11 | ‘ I find girls for people , yes , ’ Madame confessed , ‘ but not for 'im . |
| 12 | ‘ I keep secrets for all the wild birds and animals on the moor . |
| 13 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 14 | So I do things for chaps from the U.K. Keep an eye on their properties . |
| 15 | I do things for you . |
| 16 | I do features for magazines . ’ |
| 17 | For anybody who 's interested — seeing as I think tickets for the Leeds end are currently available to members only , terrace tickets for the Villa end are currently on sale at 8 quid ( or 9 quid on the day ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I hear the groans when I play Songs For Swinging Lovers and other classic albums . |
| 19 | Every month I write cheques for causes that I feel strongly about . ’ |
| 20 | Before I was working for magazines now I take pictures for myself . ’ |
| 21 | I need visionaries to see opportunities , I need trailblazers for when an area takes off , I need a firm hand when it matures . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm going to run the business myself , I have plans for paying off the bills of each creditor in instalments and then trying to build up the business again . |
| 23 | I have plans for you , Miss Maria McFadden . |
| 24 | So I 've put us all in together as a group entry — sorry , Rainbow , not you , bubbeleh , you 're under the age limit — and I have costumes for you three girls upstairs . ’ |
| 25 | Still , I have hopes for tomorrow and the Trevi fountain . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway … the thing is , I have tickets for the opera on Friday — are you free ? |
| 27 | ‘ And on two evenings I have tickets for La Scala , ’ he said . |
| 28 | And I would keep those in my B section , you know , I have my long-term goals and I have goals for the year , and then I have my planning sheets , on how I 'm going to implement those goals . |
| 29 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 30 | I buy drinks for her and Anita and myself . |