Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] [noun] for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Ooh diamonds for investment , ah give me the money for them
2 You give me the money for it ?
3 You give me the money for it ?
4 Young girls will steal make-up if their parents do n't give them the money for it … ‘
5 She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them .
6 Well I 'll give you the money for it .
7 give you the money for it .
8 But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need .
9 In many societies David McKnight tells me the man who does the circumcision who actually chops off the foreskins as it were , owes you a wife for it and he says in many of them if you give a man your foreskin then you 've got a right to demand a wife .
10 I get you a dish for them
11 ‘ Learning ? [ says Meg the scullery maid ] Give you a farthing for it !
12 I 'll get you a bag for it .
13 toilet , in Bon 's , in Dan 's loo at Bon 's party cos I 'm going round going oh no no no no I 'll give you a fiver for it I went I really do n't want to sell and in the end like I just said to him look just fuck off , you know cos like he was just persistent
14 ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over .
15 They even give you an envelope for it .
16 He gave me a message for you .
17 Erm yes three pictures that you might like to sell if you give me a price for them .
18 Bring me a tissue for you ?
19 She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’
20 Her three pet moggies gave her the idea for her prizewinning story .
21 Would you take her the message for me ?
22 yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really
23 The delicacy of his touch as he stroked her was such that Julia could hardly feel it at all , and yet it aroused in her a longing for him that she had never before experienced .
24 Is it a question for us ?
25 This , plus the fact that sitting tahat — down on the carpet — is no excuse to lounge , makes it a problem for me .
26 ‘ Was it a game for you , Sally-Anne ?
27 He a loader for him .
28 Or is it an opportunity for you to be assertive — to go back to the shop , and request that they cash up and return your fiver ?
29 ‘ A customer walked in this morning and offered us a fiver for it , ’ said an assistant .
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