Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |
| 32 | My search for myself was throughout the universe and this is the moment of meeting and I wish that all my life will continue in the joy of a lasting reunion . |
| 33 | His mates nodded and one said , ‘ I agree with George , I 've never known such a feeling of evil and I am not risking my neck for anyone . ’ |
| 34 | And although for my own part it would be my ruin , yet so great is my veneration for you , so entire my reliance on providence upon so just an occasion that I should think myself but too happy if I might be accepted . |
| 35 | Doubting whether the traffic jam would have cleared by Wednesday , I finally arrived in time to miss my dental appointment and searched my mind for something pleasant to think of as I rejoined the traffic and inched my way back to the cottage . |
| 36 | ‘ Its head lit up , like it was probing my mind for something . |
| 37 | So they 've changed my mind for me . |
| 38 | You 've made up my mind for me . ’ |
| 39 | It made up my mind for me . |
| 40 | Between you both you have changed my mind for me . |
| 41 | I thought well that 's made up my mind for me . |
| 42 | I felt proud and grown-up as I made my way down the road , concentrating my mind for what might be required of me . |
| 43 | I grope down inside my mind for it … |
| 44 | Yes , if you look at it in a certain light , as those philosophers are apt to who go on to say that there must ( 286 ) have been more than the sentence in my mind for it to be the case that I meant such and such . |
| 45 | [ In fact Rey , ] who is beyond my congratulation for his talents as conducteur , hardly any longer lets us perceive that he holds a baton . |
| 46 | I neither knew nor cared whether my distress for him was based on love for a man or love for a patient . |
| 47 | ‘ I knew if I was n't careful my obsession for her could destroy me . |
| 48 | I put down five hundred on my lists for you to decide . |
| 49 | I would n't be able to sit in this room talking without someone 's hand up my back , moving my mouth for me . ’ |
| 50 | Besides , my fondness for your personal graces and that genteel from which everyone admires … |
| 51 | Jim says we 'll get an electric one because you do n't want a new thing sitting in there and erm it sits in the corner cos I have no room in my units for it . |
| 52 | The endearment eased the expression of pain on his face a little , but still he held me and still he searched my eyes for something I knew was n't there . |
| 53 | It is my way of showing my appreciation for their support , and it comes from the heart . |
| 54 | I mean I have forgiven them their fighting against my ambition for their ambitions . |
| 55 | ‘ After supper , but soon after , or they 'd wonder too much at my coming for you . |
| 56 | I 've we 've , just , when we get home you can count my lips for me |
| 57 | As we pile into a rented car , I express my thanks for her portraits of a city which headlines and Hollywood love to distort . |
| 58 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 59 | Take my words for it . |
| 60 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |