Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I listened to 6 sports reports on Saturday and not one of them mentioned who scored for Leeds . |
| 2 | It will in any event be one vote , and in no way can I make it count for P and Q and R and S and T , or even just for P and Q. |
| 3 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 4 | She was delighted when I asked her to work for me , ’ Roman said , his voice warm with sympathy . |
| 5 | I mean I asked for cream when I came here . |
| 6 | I did , you 'll have to forgive me , I mean I think for the sake of those who were not at the meeting erm what we should really say is that actually said that he wanted to hear what kind of a parish we are so that he could attempt to match the , the incoming priest with you know the need of the parish . |
| 7 | Erm or I mean you know for advice about what they could do about D H S S. |
| 8 | That 's a particular no no I mean you know for goodness sake ca n't we av ca n't we actually ob observe studio discipline ? |
| 9 | And still you make sure I mean you know for that what I 've spent . |
| 10 | she already is in school , I mean you know for teaching like |
| 11 | I think in the current atmosphere of local government reform , I mean maybe there is an answer there , I mean you work for local councils but much of your role is concerned with statutory instruments if you like , statutory issues , issues which have got absolutely nothing to do with the people who are supposedly making the decisions which you 're supposed to implement , they 're made nationally , and you have to implement them . |
| 12 | I mean he came for a flying visit and he went back did n't he ? he came for a flying visit and went back |
| 13 | well the thing is I mean he plays for England under twenty ones |
| 14 | He wants me I mean he wants to do me a favour , Paul , so he might gi he might , you know I mean he say for us , I mean for us he would |
| 15 | ello , yeah I just er wondering can I court I booked for Wednesday night please ? |
| 16 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 17 | ‘ I expect he went for a walk after . |
| 18 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 19 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 20 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 21 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 22 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 23 | My aunt , the last survivor of my mother 's family , had lost her sister the previous year , and I helped her to arrange for the sale of most of the contents of her house , and for her own establishment in a club . |
| 24 | I helped her prepare for the date , pressing her nicest blouse , lending her my best necklace and polishing her shoes . |
| 25 | I suggest you phone for insurance . |
| 26 | I want him to shoot for every flag . |
| 27 | He declines and asks whether I want him to wait for me . |
| 28 | I might say ‘ Yes he s good and I want him to play for Leeds ’ . |
| 29 | I want us to think for a moment about the rights and needs of all those millions of children who do not go to school , who are invisible because very often development programmes tend to ignore er their needs . |
| 30 | So I want you to enrol for the winter term at Auburn for one course . |