Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Begin with thanking me for him ; look at him as a person as important to me as you are . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well — I was thanking Him for you . |
| 3 | ‘ She is , but do n't fall over yourself thanking her for it . |
| 4 | ‘ No good keeping 'em for you when we thought you were dead . ’ |
| 5 | He strolled to the door , opening it for her , and she glanced at him crossly . |
| 6 | She turned to express some of her thanks to him , but he was already out of the car and round by the passenger door opening it for her . |
| 7 | But the shopman had already bowed as though keeping it for her was all any human being could ask . |
| 8 | I 'm keeping it for him , like . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope someone 's at home videoing it for him . ’ |
| 10 | Or , rather somebody 's signing it for him . |
| 11 | He laughed , loving her for it . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps she was saving it for you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Very likely not , but that does n't dispense me from taking nourishment at regular intervals , nor other people from cooking and serving and ordering it for me . ’ |
| 14 | First , I like her best , I think , and second , you 're paying me for it . ’ |
| 15 | If you 've done the business believe in paying you for it . |
| 16 | He says well I 'm not paying you for it , he says you put it on and it do n't work , he says well we want it back , he says well you take it back and put my parts on that you took off , he says we ca n't , he says well I 'm not paying you hundred and forty pound for a part that do n't work and he says , anyway he says er , are you sure it 's a hundred and forty pound he said , an oil filter cost ten pound at some places but they 're actually only two so if you di divide it by five that 's forty pounds , he says I 'll pay you forty pound , but I 'm not paying you no hundred and forty he said . |
| 17 | You never talk about anything interesting anyway so I 'm not paying you for it . |
| 18 | Not urgent , so I did n't think it worth waking you for it . ’ |
| 19 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 20 | Do n't worry about turning it for me |
| 21 | He stopped buying them for her when they got married . |
| 22 | Well this is , this is why I thought perhaps erm I did n't want to ask Jim too much or he would know I was buying them for him you see . |
| 23 | ‘ Here he is , I 'm holding him for you ! ’ shouted my convict . |
| 24 | I like baking it for him ! |
| 25 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 26 | I 'm holding it for you — ’ |
| 27 | First , most clients tell the solicitor what they want and he sets about getting it for them . |
| 28 | — But do n't take off , mind , while I 'm getting it for you ! ’ |
| 29 | Neil Williams ( see the September issue ) was flying it for him and , the initial tests complete and the aeroplane signed off by Mike Searle , Spencer was ready for his first sortie . |
| 30 | She was doing them for him . ’ |