Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing that Adam always liked to keep his options open , Miranda was forced to the lonely conclusion that he did n't love her enough to commit himself to her for life . |
| 2 | We had nothing against it for others but , having both had fairly disastrous marriages previously and having lived together in reasonable harmony for so many years , it went against the grain . |
| 3 | Oh I have n't had none of them for ages packets of them . |
| 4 | 8.1 If any jigs , tools , dies , patterns , moulds , gauges , components , materials or any other items of whatsoever nature are supplied to you by us for use in connection with this order , the same shall be at your risk from the time they leave our premises until they are returned thereto , but shall remain our property . |
| 5 | Why do n't you write something about it for Fem Sap ? |
| 6 | Norman on his wall has a a a list of er theoretical waitings for the different specialists at Orpington hospital and presumably he 's got one beside it for Queen Mary 's as well . |
| 7 | For the next four years a great part of my time was spent in secret meditation upon this subject , I could not speak to anybody about it for fear of giving pain . |
| 8 | But I have given her up , and in any case she has meant nothing to me for years . ’ |
| 9 | Can you please complete and initial clause two , sign the documents and return them to me for signature here . |
| 10 | Why did Mrs Jenks insist on giving them to him for breakfast ? |
| 11 | Two copies of each of these Agreements are now being sent by mail to you , and I would ask you to arrange for signature of these documents by Three Vee Ltd , before returning them to us for signature . |
| 12 | But I have n't seen her with him for ages ! |
| 13 | She had hopes of an East India merchant taking it off her for £13,000 , and the shock of it falling through brought her to her senses , and to a realization of the depth of the hole she had dug for herself . |
| 14 | The rogue took the ring to Brooks , a firm of pawnbrokers , and pledged it with them for £350 . |
| 15 | I got it from him for $125 , and it 's been my mainstay flatpicking electric guitar ever since . |
| 16 | He offers to sell it to me for £25 . |
| 17 | So my father got a secondhand clockwork train , repaired it with a soldering iron , and gave it to me for Christmas when I was nearly three . |
| 18 | ‘ Wrap up a sausage and send it to him for proof , ’ Arty called as the door swung to behind him . |
| 19 | This lets off grandad who makes grandson John a toy and gives it to him for Christmas . |
| 20 | He tells everybody his sister gave it to him for Christmas and he does n't really want one , but what with the job and all his meetings it comes in handy . |
| 21 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
| 22 | She had been practising it on him for years . |
| 23 | Somebody told me it was handmade but I did n't know anything about it for years . |