Example sentences of "[v-ing] you for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unless , of course , ’ he said with a faintly sinister smile , ‘ I 'm saving you for something else . ’ |
| 2 | It may be extremely hard for your employer to justify a poor grading at assessment time when earlier in the year you received a letter from the chairman specifically thanking and praising you for your efforts . |
| 3 | If you 've done the business believe in paying you for it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You never talk about anything interesting anyway so I 'm not paying you for it . |
| 6 | Not urgent , so I did n't think it worth waking you for it . ’ |
| 7 | So they really were getting you for nothing . |
| 8 | You see , I kept blaming you for everything , but that was n't fair , a lot of it was my fault too , and I might make the same mistakes all over again , and I could n't bear that . |
| 9 | I 'm not blaming you for what happened , but — ’ |
| 10 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |
| 11 | I am therefore today asking you for her hand , for no one else is capable of making me happy nor more fitted to wear a crown . |
| 12 | As I understand it Chair , what you 're saying is , that there are , at three there is a , a request for an exclusion of press photographers , but the convenience of press photography we 're saying that instead of taking immediately so that we 'd have to call them back here for the even later , we 're asking you for it to be taken at the end with the rest of exclusion |
| 13 | We are asking you for your protection , everything is well documented and clear . |
| 14 | Are you aware she 's only marrying you for your money ? |
| 15 | Make sure she 's not marrying you for your money . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 're a very brave girl ’ said Sir Benson , ‘ and I must think of some way of rewarding you for what you 've done . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , do n't go on at me , I 'm just telling you for your own sake . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |