Example sentences of "[pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | It is three years since West Coast beat the Glasgow side without losing a set but Su Ragazzi will take nothing for granted . |
| 32 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
| 33 | Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line-up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . |
| 34 | He will take nothing for granted against a Swansea side who are only three points off the top of the table . |
| 35 | Getting nothing for doing nothing . |
| 36 | You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not |
| 37 | Aye , well you get nothing for grumbling do ya ? |
| 38 | For most of the leaders among the Owenites the distinction only showed itself in their recognition that the Bill had done nothing for working people ; that since the prime need , as they saw it , was to act directly to remove the evils of a system which grievously oppressed the lives of working people , the Bill had been at best an irrelevance , at worst a distraction . |
| 39 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 40 | Mr today congratulated me for slapping Anthony . |
| 41 | ‘ Pardon me for livin' , lady . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Pardon me for jumping to erroneous conclusions . |
| 43 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 44 | Now he keeps blamin' me for keepin' her clean . |
| 45 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 46 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 47 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 48 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 49 | I suppose that 's your way of punishing me for kissing you yesterday evening . |
| 50 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 51 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 52 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 53 | The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art produced his Shut up and Sing in 1960 and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he was music director from 1963 to 1973 , produced his Excuse Me for Living in 1964 . |
| 54 | ‘ My son was very cross with me for burdening you with the basket of flowers . ’ |
| 55 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
| 56 | ‘ Hear now the axe sing — Axe of Gillian — Gil-lian made me — Shaped me for slaying ! ’ |
| 57 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 58 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 59 | ‘ There 's an hour before anyone 'll thank me for ringing them back , ’ he said defiantly . |
| 60 | He was furious with me for ringing him . |