Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 2 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 3 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 4 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 5 | ‘ I came to apologise for hitting you , ’ she began determinedly , ‘ and to thank you for the cheque . ’ |
| 6 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 8 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 9 | The promise of high rewards is necessary to provide an incentive to encourage people to undergo this training and to compensate them for the sacrifice involved . |
| 10 | ‘ The money is a bona fide payment in thanks for your co-operation and to compensate you for the upheaval . |
| 11 | As in Between , the binary definitions on which structuralist theory is founded receive parodic treatment which voids them of their original function and uses them for the purpose of telling the tale(s) of the novel . |
| 12 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 13 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 14 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 15 | I should n't be surprised if Hollywood sends a plane to bomb the Indians and punish them for the death of Matt . |
| 16 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 17 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 18 | in the end , Graham decided to donate the tank , equipment and fish and maintain it for the hospital free of charge . |
| 19 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 20 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 21 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 22 | Even though I have chained and muzzled you for the wolf you are , still your eyes challenge and your mind defies . ’ |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Money 's available to George , but there 's no point in him rushing out and spending it for the hell of it . |
| 24 | They are using it as part of their module to train for the real business world by setting up their own venture and running it for the school year . |
| 25 | Like my man in Hampstead , he does n't trust people to collect money and use it for the purpose they say they will . |
| 26 | But it needs some encouragement to port to Unix and substitute it for the server , rather than OS/2 . |
| 27 | When you 've read it come and ask me for the disk and I 'll lend it to you . |
| 28 | Try sending a fax to the main Leeds Utd number ( coming up ) , and mark it for the attention of the SOUVENIR SHOP . |
| 29 | It will invigorate you , clearing the night away and preparing you for the day . |
| 30 | He was in a position to adjust his price to maximise potential gain for the firm , and to minimise it for the client . |