Example sentences of "[pers pn] for get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 2 | They criticise me for getting a new curtain or taking a holiday . |
| 3 | absolutely horrendous , oh by the way you did n't thank me for getting those yoghurts did you ? |
| 4 | Erm could could I suggest that the committee might like er to ask me to right to the W I to thank them for getting a new piano ? |
| 5 | . And they were n't the Victorian prizes , that I won , I we got them for getting through an exam , because you could write or something , and er tt well , they were quite good books , and it was one way of getting a book . |
| 6 | ‘ We use them for getting track information and arrival times , that sort of thing . |
| 7 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 8 | I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker |
| 9 | " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog . |
| 10 | He 's made it perfectly easy for you , and nobody will think any the worse of you for getting out . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't blame you for getting jittery . |
| 12 | Thank you for getting on with things so quickly . |
| 13 | ‘ Then thank you for getting me any work at ail . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 15 | Ca n't blame you for getting away from everyone . |
| 16 | Thank you for getting it out so quick Andy |
| 17 | Thank you for getting this tomato juice specially from Safeway 's . |
| 18 | Helps you for to get out of play . |
| 19 | I was angry at the system , and at him for getting into trouble . |
| 20 | He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted . |
| 21 | Choose one about 600mm ( 2ft ) long with a metal body , and both horizontal and vertical indicators ; then you can use it for getting things plumb too . |
| 22 | And this er oh dear what was the name of it , they had a special title for the man that sort of ran the stall as they called it for getting the coal out and he he chose who he wanted to go to work . |
| 23 | For humans , as we have discussed in Chapter 1 , the body has been ‘ waking us up ’ since about 5 o'clock in the morning so that , by the time we normally wake , we are prepared for the rigours of a new day ; in the evening our body begins to ‘ tone us down ’ to prepare us for getting to sleep . |
| 24 | ‘ Yeah , the rats 'd thank us for getting rid of a human , ’ he went on . |
| 25 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |