Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] they for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I think you 'll look terrific in those hotpants , so let me buy them for you ? ’
2 Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered .
3 It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are .
4 I got them for me , I 'd get them for me daughter but I do n't know if she likes them
5 I got 'em for nowt . ’
6 If any of our political masters , the faceless bureaucrats , the time-serving , vote-chasing , career politicians who sanctioned this devastation , ever read these lines , then I curse them for their crass stupidity and their wanton rape of my native land .
7 I wear them for my own enjoyment but equally for theirs .
8 When I called them for their view , the spokesman for ‘ Countryside and Land matters ’ was somewhat iffy .
9 Then I produce them for them and erm if they need any help reading them and so on I give them that .
10 That 's right , yes , I run the Search Room there , which means that erm people come in to Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk on the end of a telephone and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strongrooms that we 've got , and then I produce them for them and erm if they need any help reading them and so on I give them that .
11 I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the
12 And put them your side since we found that I did them for you .
13 I admire them for their attitude .
14 Other women do and I admire them for it .
15 We have enjoyed the loyal and industrious support of our employees throughout and I thank them for their individual contributions to the year 's achievements . ’
16 And when , as shadow education spokesman , I was a frontline campaigner in the nineteen eighty seven election , it was the G M B which provided me with the necessary facilities to carry out that role , and I thank them for it .
17 ‘ If , for any reason , Elinor ca n't sign cheques , then I suggest I sign them for her , ’ Adam said .
18 ‘ I might get my arms blown off , I need them for my work !
19 Now , after the death of two of my colleagues , I need them for my own protection .
20 I have them for my tea .
21 I buy them for him .
22 I include them for their interest as sidelights on history , because a number , for the benefit of the collector , have been faithfully printed in facsimile , and as a reminder that , despite the plethora of them in our daily newspapers , printer 's blunders are not the prerogative of our own day .
23 Hence the emphasis Luke gives on the physical manifestation to the disciples of tongues of fire and rushing wind , which equipped them for their mission , just as the physical coming of the Spirit upon Jesus ‘ in bodily form , as of a dove ’ ( Luke 3:22 ) equipped him for his ministry .
24 You checked them for me did n't you ?
25 Yes , she made them for her teacher 's as well , they 'll chocolates .
26 Founded by David Blechner and Jack Schumann in 1973 , the firm started out as a computer bureau , hiring time on its computers to customers who used them for their own jobs .
27 I hope for your sake that those who provide them for you are as careful in following the rules as you should be when creating your own .
28 She designed them for me specially .
29 You ruined them for me , and I have hated them ever since .
30 Then to his beaming wife , ‘ Did you polish them for him ? ’
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