Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally I was wearing my ‘ holy robes ’ at Alton Towers back in November , & some Blackburn fans came up to me to thank me for Batty ! |
| 2 | This is your way of getting back at me for Emerson . ’ |
| 3 | Gail Smith writes ‘ The burden God has given me for Albania took root in 1982 the first time I ever heard mention of the country and people . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ yesterday you collected some thirst quenchers from me for Bill Baudelaire 's daughter . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't decide whether Albé likes me , or merely puts up with me for Shelley 's sake … |
| 6 | And then I realized that the little cup she 'd brought with her out of the sea , and gave to me for Adam — that little cup could be none other than Undry . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ When Chris Nicholl re-signed me for Southampton last March for £600,000 , he told me I was a big part of his plans . |
| 8 | to do Aladdin so when she thought she 'd do it this year she wanted me for Aladdin . |
| 9 | He waited what seemed to him rather an excessive ti me for Catherine , but decided , charitably , that you could n't look as she did without pretty regular attention to the overall effect . |
| 10 | ‘ I had five great years at Wimbledon , winning an FA Cup medal , and they made my career — so there is no bad feeling from me for Sam Hammam . |
| 11 | ‘ You had n't taken me for Kettering ? ’ |
| 12 | Kenny signed me for Liverpool . |
| 13 | ‘ Jimmy Armfield signed me for Leeds United , but when Adamson took over it was clear he had lost some of his motivation after being sacked by Sunderland . |
| 14 | ‘ Because it suits me for Louis to believe I have problems , and that I 'm trying to forget them in the arms of an attractive young woman I 'm not willing to share . ’ |
| 15 | I thought they blamed me for Miss Havisham 's cold manner towards them . |
| 16 | My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp . |
| 17 | ‘ And , while I appreciate your charitable intent in trying to comfort me for Lotta 's absence from my bed , I tell you once more that the time when I might have needed consolation for Lotta 's tricks has long since passed , and the fact that I 've chosen to live the life of a monk for the past six months is because until the past few days I have felt no desire to give in to the temptations paraded before me . ’ |
| 18 | What you waving at me for John . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Wyatt has mistaken me for Dana , ’ she said simply . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've told Myra you 've mistaken me for Dana and that you 're making me go with you to look for Garry , but she 's inclined to discount that — she 's building a romance round us . ’ |
| 21 | All the more disappointing therefore to learn later that some Seniors members who had blackballed me for Muirfield had now put in an objection to my joining this club too . |
| 22 | Rupert Murdoch did not say that his Sky company and its associate Eurosport channel were ready yet to go head-to-head in rights fights with BBC when he announced a joint contract with them for England 's Test series in the West Indies this winter . |
| 23 | He covers it with his other hand , draws his fists apart and holds them for GUIL . |
| 24 | Oh so you should 've got them for January ? |
| 25 | So I got them for Rob Chewchocks Chewchocks So you did n't get any of these did you ? |
| 26 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 27 | On their return to the hotel , the three were caught climbing a security fence by armed guards who mistook them for Scotland fans . |
| 28 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
| 29 | And Zoya said she had got hold of the toilet rolls , and would bring them for Anna . |
| 30 | Bobby Moore played a thousand games at senior level , 544 of them for West Ham between 1958 and 1973 , then 124 more for Fulham , and won 108 caps for England . |