Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 A GROUP of 35 children from Dothill county infants school , Telford , will be visiting the Laura Ashley garment factory in Carno on Thursday to be presented with cotton aprons produced specially for them after they designed their own patterns based on the theme ‘ Around Our School . ’
2 oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus
3 I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in .
4 In the end they fell upon Southwell , and the earth has literally moved for them since they purchased it in March .
5 Well , old was doing the the executorship for them because he poked his nose into everything !
6 As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away .
7 There were about thirty people waiting for them as they left their home .
8 Probably his supposed intention was a pure fiction of the monks ' imagination , but the remembrance of a lost opportunity was a heavy burden for them as they watched their rights being pared away under successive kings and archbishops .
9 He followed his robots ( two children as robot nurses ) around , whispering instructions to them and occasionally taking over and doing the tasks for them as he found it difficult to be precise in his instructions .
10 ‘ I climbed upon the science train because it was the only door that swung open for me after I got my degree .
11 And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually !
12 And , of course , that was something so different for me because they treated you like one of themselves .
13 Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set .
14 It was from the credit that the , I went the education secretary his , his secretary was retiring and er he came for me because he knew I knew Guild and Co-operative work you know .
15 ‘ You did n't feel a thing for me when you kissed me , did you ?
16 I suspected it last night , and you confirmed it for me when I touched you in the lift on the way up to the restaurant tonight .
17 You were happy for me when I changed my religion should n't we be happy for Rosie ? ’
18 Trees and tree clumps have a special attraction for me as they symbolized my own introduction to Earth Mysteries , through Tony Wedd .
19 she 's quite good and she said well you 're intelligent , you can do this for me and she had me doing this like phone calls ringing people up and
20 After school , he was waiting for me and he exposed himself to me .
21 but erm I said to her over there , I said er , well excuse me I said er da er er a doctor , I , I said took a urine test for me and I said I want to know that I , if he knew the results ?
22 The man had pity for me and I shot him ! ’
23 did he say for me and I thought I was going to go
24 ( This was very strange for me and I found it hard to talk about .
25 I should of put the kettle on for you but I thought you were busy with old father time here so I did n't er
26 What was life like for you before you had your cottage here ?
27 ‘ I thought it would be easier for you if you hated me . ’
28 Yes , yes , that 's right , they use , yeah , but I insisted that it were open doors for you as jobs were so hard to get , I said it were open doors for you and it did it helped them both .
29 And erm , we did pray for you , several of us prayed for you when we knew you were going to Nepal .
30 ‘ No good keeping 'em for you when we thought you were dead . ’
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