Example sentences of "for [pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it was n't long and that she worried for nothing and I changed the subject . |
| 2 | IT was widely assumed that Sir Lawrie Barratt was working for nothing when he re-took the reins of his housebuilding empire last summer . |
| 3 | ‘ Get out now , ’ Shamlou ordered the other two terrorists and waited for them before he entered the makeshift cage . |
| 4 | Many Home Helps become very fond of the elderly people they visit , often doing all kinds of extra jobs for them when they have the time , and the moral support they give to lonely old people is invaluable . |
| 5 | Conservative Members know what is in store for them when they have the guts to call the general election . |
| 6 | If they , if they do n't become media personalities and do all the things they do on the telly and visit the hospitals , then we might very well get fed up paying the money for them when you consider the Queen is the richest person in the world is she not ? |
| 7 | Celtic pressed forward — and Collins made it a memorable night for them when he shot the third goal eleven minutes from time . |
| 8 | ‘ You were having a nightmare , chick , ’ he said and his face looked gaunt and anguished in the spill from the street-lamp as he rearranged the bedclothes , making a ‘ little nest ’ for me before he left the room , pulling his nightshirt round him . |
| 9 | I think he bowled a hundred or so deliveries for me before I got the images right . |
| 10 | Then I ask my neighbour , also a paan seller , to double check for me before I return the change to the customer or else I would be cheated . |
| 11 | Having graduated from a BBC machine to a PC I have found your magazine the best for me because I like the practical side as well as the computing . |
| 12 | ‘ Wait for me when you hit the road . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ All my friends were concerned for me when I got the part , ’ Kilmer admits . |
| 14 | Later still , my realisation was confirmed for me when I read the following statement from one of Bruch 's patients : ‘ I am completely isolated , I sit in a glass sphere . |
| 15 | generally erm and if we 're talking about the strategy we 've got ta sort of er sort out for ourselves whether we think the strategy of getting rid of the local tyrants and the evil gentry is the wa right way to actually achieve that the aims of getting rid of warlords . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , each Neapolitan is out for himself but he recognises the need to live as harmoniously as possible with everyone else . ’ |
| 17 | He quickly made a name for himself when he reversed the works lorry into a workshop wall and was banned from driving the Company vehicles until after he could drive properly . |
| 18 | He had the best for himself and he wanted the best for his Mollie . |
| 19 | You will manage — oh yes — although you have no servants to feed your animals or cook your meat for you — you will manage , although you are a year married with a wee child learning to walk , and no wet-nurse to mind it for you while you milk the beasts — and no young husband to thatch your house above your head . |
| 20 | We could say well there 's our it 's a half for you and a half for you and we cut the other one and they get a half each . |
| 21 | " There 's a nice old muddle for you and I thought the Moor was a quiet place . |
| 22 | ‘ What a shock for you when I accepted the position , ’ Maria snapped . |
| 23 | ‘ We have no room for everything an' I thought the place would look brighter if the missus 'ad somewhere to put her buckets an' brooms . ’ |
| 24 | It was not quite what she envisaged for herself but it had the advantage of being cheap and it went some way towards satisfying Grace , who was convinced that London was a den of iniquity waiting to swallow up her unsuspecting daughter . |
| 25 | As they neared the ruins of Arghuri , the Kurd indicated that Miss Logan was to wait for him while he investigated the village . |
| 26 | Marian was already waiting for him when he reached the head of the track . |
| 27 | ‘ He is not too happy either that I was ready for him when he cracked the whip . |
| 28 | So he dug a bomb shelter in the back yard , which was fine for his wife and little daughter , William 's mum-to-be , but not so convenient for him when he joined the Merchant Navy and found himself out on Atlantic convoys with the wolf packs at his heels . |
| 29 | Lewis was waiting for him as he reached the road again . |
| 30 | In fact they had known all about Crabb 's venture before they arrived at Portsmouth and their frogmen were waiting for him as he approached the cruiser . |