Example sentences of "for [pers pn] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All right I 'll try for you I 'll try for you I 'll see if I can O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 32 | If I do n't think you 're suitable and if I do n't think this is for you I 'll I 'll say |
| 33 | if I have to wait for you I 'll wait forever cos your eggs are not done |
| 34 | ‘ Not to anybody lad , ’ came the reply , ‘ but for you I might make an exception . ’ |
| 35 | Externalisation or blaming — accepting that there are significant problems but blaming anything other than alcohol or drug use for their cause : " If it were n't for you I 'd be okay " . |
| 36 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’ |
| 38 | Well if it 's better for you I should . |
| 39 | ‘ If the knackers had bid for him I would have outbid him and kept him myself , I do n't care how much it would have cost , ’ she says . |
| 40 | and if it had n't been for him I would n't have them , |
| 41 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 42 | I was so lonely for him I could almost have believed that he did , though I know I must n't . ’ |
| 43 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |
| 44 | If it had n't been for her I would n't be here … |
| 45 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 46 | Twelve to fourteen and there 's a , that would be alright for her I should think , would it ? |
| 47 | And I the same for , when Lindsey was a wee girl and I mean a wee girl like , I 'd pick wee things for her I 'd of loved my mummy to buy me . |
| 48 | yeah , I really was quite , quite upset about it , well I do n't blame you for it I would n't of minded if she 'd said this morning when I 'd asked her |
| 49 | All right , so I 've got a bottle of Scotch which costs about 50 quid and if the studio does n't pay for it I 'll never work for them again , and a big pile of this flimsy hotel notepaper . |
| 50 | And to make up for it I 'll treat you to a slap-up lunch in Haverfordwest . ’ |
| 51 | If you were paying for it I could n't stop you now you 're sixteen |
| 52 | You see the piece I just read is a monologue and if I 'd known there was a competition for it I 'd have sent it there rather than |
| 53 | Oh well Ange if you ai n't got ta pay for it I 'd bloody take it . |