Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'll tell thee for naught , Daniel — never look to me for succour . |
| 2 | If my Mam got mad with me for something I 'd done — or more often something I had n't done — she used to make moaning noises and stagger about the house as if she was dying . |
| 3 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 4 | You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about . |
| 5 | From her encouraging smile I realised she had suggested me for something . |
| 6 | The twenty-first century 4-D representations had prepared me for something horrific ; yet my impression was of features more frightening than strictly horrifying . |
| 7 | ‘ What I do n't understand is why you appear to blame me for something someone else thought and said . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Did you want me for something in particular ? ’ |
| 9 | I mean my dear , I said to Paul , Paul yesterday was was babbling on about if Karen would take him back and I said Paul I shall be extremely displeased if you ever leave this house to go back to Karen , you know o after only being with me for something like three or four weeks , I said you 'll never come back again I said I 'm not going to be messed about like that ! |
| 10 | Come and , he might look at me for something . |
| 11 | and I went out to tell him and he started talking to me for something and when I came back in the fucking milk ! |
| 12 | ‘ Will you take me for one ? ’ asked Adam . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's trying to take me for everything I 've got , my friend , ‘ he said . |
| 14 | All she says is true : Simon will blame me for everything . |
| 15 | when I can feel that the sole responsibility rests on me for everything , whether it be a small crisis like this [ the Munshi rising ] , with the necessary action taken to preserve life , and to re-establish prestige or whether it be , as my day 's task has been , to confirm the hanging of criminals or the penal servitude , or the petty punishments of others , watching jealously that the executive officer does not inflict punishments which are unfair , or that the legal adviser does not hamper true justice by technical objections . |
| 16 | But what am I to do when someone asks me for everything I know on Lake Malawi Cichlids ( as happens fairly often ) . |
| 17 | He tabbed me for everything , pocket-money , ice-creams , rug-rethinks , everything . |
| 18 | Why does the right hon. Gentleman think that is , if he blames me for everything ? |
| 19 | Silvio would bill me for everything from handkerchiefs for your nose to aspirin for your fever . ’ |
| 20 | He has not created me for nothing . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , she had deep and peaceful eyes , and when she passed me by she only smiled ; she asked me for nothing . |
| 22 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 23 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 24 | ‘ So you 've chased after me for nothing . ’ |
| 25 | There was no way anyone could mistake me for anyone other than a journalist . |
| 26 | My wife is a very undemanding woman , Robert , she would never ask me for anything . ’ |
| 27 | If my aunts ' upbringing had prepared me for anything , it was for just this sort of agitation . |
| 28 | ‘ You need me for anything else now ? |
| 29 | And er he said , You can ask me for anything , cos he was a strong Catholic you see and he would n't he did n't believe in anything to do with birth control . |
| 30 | If she needs to get in touch with me for anything , she has my number . ’ |