Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | She got one for crying and you can have this one for not crying . ’ |
2 | or though you could just like , if you got something for say ten ninety nine and it was fifteen pounds and you got something else as well |
3 | The Bishop thanked everyone for travelling all the way from St Columba 's on Walney Island , St Wilfrid 's , Preston and many other parishes on such an inhospitable day and reminded the packed Cathedral that ‘ They choose to throw in their lot with us , it 's as simple as that . |
4 | After the first day we were two shots behind Dai Rees and Kel Nagle , who we owed one for beating us by a shot the year before . |
5 | All prize giving afterwards in ‘ 93 ’ the new Vice-President of IBOA , Mr. Ken Doyle [ in his first function in his new capacity ] praised the efficiency and professionalism of the way and the IBOA League was run and thanked everybody for participating . |
6 | If anything , we were too extravagant in the late 1980s when money was rolling in — we took everything for granted . |
7 | This is probably a good omen , as our fourth stop was to sup a pint each at The Blind Beggar , the infamous public house where Reggie Kray shot someone for making a homophobic comment . |
8 | and , what happened was it was a hell of a stink in dock , because there was all different workers for different jobs , it was one for fitting car seats , you had one for fitting glass , you had one for doing engine , one for fitting the gear box , one fitting wheels on , so you had ten blokes just doing one job on a car |