Example sentences of "this for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , Marx shows that other systems , working on different assumptions , can exist , and this for him implies that future change to a radically different social system is therefore also possible . |
| 2 | You 'd better keep this for him . |
| 3 | Well , I was doing this for him in a loving sort of wifely way and he said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I want to get rid of you ’ and I said , ‘ Thank you very much ’ and he said , ‘ Well , finish the trousers and post them on . ’ |
| 4 | Buy this for him , and thank God you 're young enough to have missed them . |
| 5 | This for him came to symbolize the futility of the war , which seemed to be fought for no discernible purpose , between opponents whose essential common humanity was denied by the mass slaughter . |
| 6 | This for him highlighted both the frightfulness of war and the ineptitude of the governing classes . |
| 7 | He needed someone to do this for him . |
| 8 | Only Billie had ever done this for him . |
| 9 | I did not agree one bit with his speech , but I will say this for him : at least he has political integrity . |
| 10 | A friend fashioned this for him at negligible cost . |
| 11 | The value they were handing unnecessarily to the taxman offered a fine incentive to bidders to come along and do this for them . |
| 12 | Also give them the opportunity to wash their bottom , but be prepared to do this for them if they are unable to . |
| 13 | Other people , with a mountain of blame in their inner world which they are afraid to express , may use their partner to do this for them . |
| 14 | In the long term , some of the earlier buyers will want to sell their timeshares , and the management company may undertake to do this for them on an agency basis , thus earning additional commission . |
| 15 | Under capitalism , workers are paid wages for the use of their labour power and the simplest form of reproduction is to use those wages to reproduce their own labour power , i.e. those who do this for them ( women ) , and that of future generations of labour power ( children ) . |
| 16 | When they was doing the decorating and that and a lock went wrong oh take it down to Dick and er they 'd bring it and whatever I was doing , however important it was , just because they 'd be finish the decorating at night and they wanted to put the lock back , I 'd drop what I was doing and do this for them . |
| 17 | This for them is just one step along the way . |
| 18 | Nona might be able to confirm this for them . |
| 19 | It was cos the prison , the warders , resented somebody going in and and doing this for them . |
| 20 | Leila helps translate this for me as she , but not he , understands the colloquialism . |
| 21 | This for me has always been important . |
| 22 | This for me is Sibelius . |
| 23 | Please do this for me and then forget about Your humble servant , Sophie Arandt |
| 24 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 25 | Anyway — ’ Her manner once again changed and now she was pleading , ‘ Do this for me , Agnes . |
| 26 | His teasing request , ‘ Will you do this for me ? ’ , cues in a series of sexual variations ; games in earnest that grow increasingly out of hand . |
| 27 | ‘ Breeze — please do this for me . |
| 28 | I 've heard there are companies who could do this for me — do you know of any ? |
| 29 | ‘ Do this for me , Jed . |
| 30 | Could you please answer this for me ? |