Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was paying my taxes for you to acquire your skill , I 'll have you know . |
| 2 | I put down five hundred on my lists for you to decide . |
| 3 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
| 4 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] The bewitching girl every day rose in her charms upon me and I could not help entertaining a jealousy that she was writing to somebody who stood well in her opinion , and my feelings for her made it a sweetheart , of course . |
| 5 | I have tried to make myself hate her , yet my feelings for her remain very strong . |
| 6 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 7 | ‘ Though , since Prague has reared its head again , perhaps I should explain that , when we returned to our hotel after dinner last night , with my feelings for you seeming to be on an agitated boil , I had to invent having someone to see . ’ |
| 8 | Erm I 've I particularly important because the districts here will need to feel very clear about what it is County Hall would not sorry would or would or would not jump on their necks for you see . |
| 9 | In the dark she has to show her teeth for me to know she is smiling . |
| 10 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 11 | Djohar refused their demands for him to step down , blaming lack of preparedness for the failure of the February ballot . |
| 12 | One good look at Ruari 's strained face and Mairi Ban had him on his feet , his arms over their shoulders for them to help him home . |
| 13 | Since Christmas day her feelings for him had been in such a chaotic state she did n't know whether she loved or hated him . |
| 14 | No matter what he 'd done to her , her feelings for him had n't changed . |
| 15 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 16 | My hands got very cold too , but my mother helped me every morning by baking two potatoes in their skins for me to keep in my pockets ; they retained their heat for quite a long time . |
| 17 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 18 | It would clearly be in their interests for them to agree to bid £10 an acre for one-half the acreage each . |
| 19 | As Les and I walked into their tiny , barely furnished house , his wife greeted us , and his little girl held up her arms for me to lift her . |
| 20 | He laughed and ingored her pleas for him to stop . |
| 21 | When Victoria found the grit from the paths got into her sandals , Richard removed her shoes and socks and shook all the gravel out of them , folding her socks for her to put them on again in the special way that her nanny did . |
| 22 | Mozart , whose feelings for her took a long time to cool , later wrote more music for her , including the role of Madame Herz in his Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor ( The Impresario ) , and she was the first Viennese Donna Anna in Don Giovanni . |
| 23 | To prove that his feelings for her had in no way changed , Harry kissed her as she wanted , his tongue probing her mouth , which was raised so invitingly to his . |
| 24 | Therefore , even if he did not have a stammer , there would not be enough breath in his lungs for him to speak his words property . |
| 25 | I want to try and stop shouting at you in the morning so I 'm going to put out your clothes for you to get dressed . |
| 26 | Head : ‘ Try to anticipate , for instance the negotiation with the Needlecraft department … our hopes for you fit in well with our hopes for the department . ’ |