Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 2 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 3 | I would like to see them for the Falls . |
| 4 | I would like to see them for the Shankill . |
| 5 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 6 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 7 | For myself , I wish to say to men that as long as they associate me with an idea of ‘ woman ’ drawn from the past , or suppose that a model for gender relations is to be found in that past , they have failed to see me for the person who I am , or to envisage what equality might mean . |
| 8 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 9 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son . |
| 11 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 12 | When will the right hon. Gentleman give that consistency and leadership to the police and back them for a change ? |
| 13 | Simmer them for an hour . |
| 14 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 15 | " We sell them for a penny each , " Miss Poraway explained . |
| 16 | Might want them for a cup of tea . |
| 17 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 18 | The principal method is the study of hoards , since coins have frequently been deposited in hoards for safe-keeping and their owners have often been prevented from recovering them for a variety of reasons such as death or forgetfulness . |
| 19 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 21 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 22 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 23 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 24 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 25 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 26 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 27 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |
| 28 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 29 | Gombert 's linear sense — and sometimes Crecquillon 's and Lupi 's was so strong that he cared nothing for the asperities of harsh suspensions or accented passing-notes , as in this passage from his motet , ‘ Ave sanctissima Maria ’ : |
| 30 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |