Example sentences of "for [pron] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our status and position stand for nothing when compared with patience , tolerance and a willing ear . |
| 2 | Or again , for the ruling class or race against which such a movement rebels , as long as its authority is secure there are very strong practical advantages in thinking of its subjects as incapable of governing themselves , happy and carefree in their poverty , innately inferior in intelligence , out of work only if lazy , loyal and grateful for all one has done for them unless misled by irresponsible agitators ; it is only when they start to be dangerously restive that it becomes practically useful to understand their motives and capacities better . |
| 3 | Candidates in local elections can expect their followers not only to vote for them but to campaign for them as well . |
| 4 | The big doors would open for them and close on them and McCloy and the men who were ‘ not quite up to his class ' would unload them and store the cargoes here . |
| 5 | no well because your looking down on every body else you tend to feel erm , well I feel sort of that you 've got to er feel responsible for them and look after them |
| 6 | To an extent some such tension is inherent to the advocacy role : ‘ advocates ’ volunteer to get to know individuals using the service , set out the options for them and negotiate on their behalf with service providers . |
| 7 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 8 | Er then election day we were out all day with , with a driver of a car getting people out and for them or going through the motions . |
| 9 | effect so erm whether that means actually working directly for them or working for a company who specializes in erm the management of historic erm buildings or environments or areas . |
| 10 | Small peasant farmers can not compete with capitalist concerns , with the result that they often lose their land to them and end up working for them or migrating to the towns in search of wage labour . |
| 11 | As for the religious communities themselves , they had long since sought the protection of local potentes to speak for them as advocates in legal disputes or to put in a word with the king . |
| 12 | But he warned : ‘ There is no greater challenge in rugby for me than to play against England before my own people . ’ |
| 13 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 14 | ‘ … we were both pulling in opposite directions , and I felt Brian was siding with his mother rather than standing up for me or remaining in the middle . |
| 15 | Almost as many people turned up for me as had for Youngman . |
| 16 | I drafted a statement for the trade union , detailing the nature of their support for me and hinting at a readiness to take further action were the matter not resolved in days . |
| 17 | Kicking back the covers , I let my feet touch the carpet , put on the white and blue striped kaftan which my journalist daughter had made for me and walked to the window overlooking the central court . |
| 18 | Sadly he deteriorated very quickly until he could no longer care for himself or communicate in any understandable way . |
| 19 | The war inside himself was a small conflagration compared with the bombardments he saw for himself and read about daily . |
| 20 | In we saw the Health Authority choosing not to purchase services directly from the N H S for their but purchasing from a voluntary stroke private , privately motivated organization . |
| 21 | We might have gone on for years like that — me combing the streets for you while pretending to be there on other business ! |
| 22 | A : Then bully for you and bully for them , though I suspect you 're lying . |
| 23 | If you have to stay away overnight you can arrange for accommodation to be found for you and paid for by ES . |
| 24 | Some unexpected surprises are in store for you whilst walking around the gallery . |
| 25 | Of course , with the present technology , each country can decide for itself whether to re-transmit on their own networks , but there 'll be videotapeS too which will reach some people , at least , in most countries . |
| 26 | Calling on Japan to stand up for itself when dealing with America , the book was a huge success , selling more than 1m copies . |
| 27 | Indeed , written language in itself entails higher levels of abstraction because ‘ while the spoken word stands for something , the written word stands for something that stands for something ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 28 | But I do n't think Keith was prepared for everything that went with it . |
| 29 | The work of a radio producer is all-embracing ; he is responsible for everything that goes into a broadcast production . |
| 30 | He wanted to say that she should make sandwiches for herself and go on her own for what Mrs Blakey called a tramp . |