Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart , or what passes for one in demonic physiology , is in my mouth , for fear that I am about to be exiled from Rainbow Rosenbloom , and from Chinese food , movies and other earthly delights , for evermore . |
| 2 | He adds : ‘ I also felt that I wanted to give the love that I felt for her in the way she needs love to be given . ’ |
| 3 | Their advertising was persuasive and their prices attractive , on the surface , so I fell for it like so many others . |
| 4 | ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too . |
| 5 | Children and young people are entitled to the same levels of respect , consultation and competent practice that we advocate for ourselves as professional workers . |
| 6 | You should have told him that we pay for it by the gallon not by the year ! |
| 7 | To generalize and say that it stood for anything at all was self-delusion and deceit . |
| 8 | The original recipients of Hilton 's text , however , as is clear from the very fact that he wrote for them in the vernacular , were not interested in comparative academic study , but in particular guidance which would enable them to fully integrate their religious faith in their lives . |
| 9 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 10 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 11 | He was forced to sell his Thames-side mansion at Bray , Berkshire , for £1.5million — £700,000 less than he paid for it in 1988 . |
| 12 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |
| 13 | By this time , he believed there were no suitable ‘ mature ’ actresses left , so he looked for someone with the necessary vocal ability . |
| 14 | Erm , and I worked for them for about twelve or thirteen years , I suppose , trolling around sout south of England . |
| 15 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 16 | Well , he fired a pistol and someone went for him with the blade of a scythe . ’ |
| 17 | Cos I mean for someone like me , I was saying that like , before I used to say to you I would n't eat all day , right ? |
| 18 | Now it 's shrinking and the dye is coming out — look at the water , it 's bright red — you see , you ignore good instructions in your wilfulness and laziness and pride and you pay for it with a ruined skirt . |
| 19 | A Royal source said : ‘ There was a gap in her diary and she asked for it to be filled . |
| 20 | The fairy Grandmarina appears , and gives Alicia a magic fishbone that will bring her whatever she wishes for ‘ provided she wishes for it at the right time ’ . |
| 21 | But we will only win if you vote for us on 3rd May . |
| 22 | But we will only win if you vote for us on 3rd May . |
| 23 | we foresaw a long downturn back in 1989 and we planned for it with re investment . |
| 24 | He held his hands up and admitted an error and we felt for him on the night . |
| 25 | If we ask for them by name they 'll think we know them from somewhere . ’ |
| 26 | Oh it was yes , I mean y when you take now erm er a boatman , I mean , and he , he like today well they ring up , I mean today I know the Ipswich Port Authority they lay the phone on the houses and they pay for it for 'em |
| 27 | Pasternak was apparently impressed ; far lesser actors than Nicholson would eventually become began their careers by similar bravado , and he arranged for him to be tested . |
| 28 | More than that : he had himself sprung from the upper working class and naturally despised as unclean the lower working class : his life was made a misery by their proximity , and he longed for them to be evicted or murder each other in one of their not infrequent rows . |
| 29 | Clare was in the bathroom , and he waited for her at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 30 | Your worships , Mr works for Wallbank aerials in Worley and he works for them as an engineer his vehicle was erm something that he did use for work , but unfortunately as a result of the accident his has been written off and he has n't yet been able to er , replace it and so he 's having to be erm er , chauffeured by the company to do his er his work . |