Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traps should wither kill them instantly or confine them for release elsewhere . |
| 2 | National Park rangers eventually managed to speak to the two men but were unable to see them for clouds of steam . |
| 3 | A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker . |
| 4 | Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often . |
| 5 | This is how they are currently treated when we use them as research tools or slaughter them for consumption at our tables . |
| 6 | Cell suspensions were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes and the pellet of cells added to the organ bath the bathing fluid of which was used to resuspend them for transfer . |
| 7 | All the more disappointing therefore to learn later that some Seniors members who had blackballed me for Muirfield had now put in an objection to my joining this club too . |
| 8 | Incidentally I was wearing my ‘ holy robes ’ at Alton Towers back in November , & some Blackburn fans came up to me to thank me for Batty ! |
| 9 | More and more horses are falling prey to rustlers who often sell them for slaughter abroad . |
| 10 | Because another one was er we come down the houses in here , empty houses and in , in the summer they used to grow flowers , Marguerites , and we used to go in the backyard , we were n't supposed to , er and cut these flowers and make them into bunches and , and sell them for tuppence and thruppence a bunch . |
| 11 | ‘ When I said I was working with Michael Crawford , they said he would be a monster , eat me for breakfast , have me on toast and upstage me totally . |
| 12 | After abandoning an appeal against the decision , Barclays agreed to reinstate the women and compensate them for loss of earnings . |
| 13 | I think that they only intend them for linings . |
| 14 | He asked me for £100,000 to help him pay legal fees . |
| 15 | They asked me for £400,000 each . |
| 16 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 17 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
| 18 | The woman was in her early forties and she asked me for £5 straight away . |
| 19 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 20 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 21 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 22 | Please return them as soon as possible , rather than using them for storage . |
| 23 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 24 | But , increasingly , their own shops were also a highly successful means of serving this end ; many young couples were buying the lightweight fabrics , because they were so cheap , and using them for furnishing . |
| 25 | Some exercises they perform sitting on chairs or using them for support , but floor exercises have been out of the question . |
| 26 | ‘ Well over half of the clients that approach IMRS for consolidation software are currently using spreadsheets , and have discovered that there are all sorts of horrendous problems associated with using them for consolidation . |
| 27 | We are most interested in the idea of networking , sharing skills such as translation and using them for distance learning . ’ |
| 28 | Candidates using them for project or course work may have an advantage if spelling is one of the skills being tested . |
| 29 | Cheapies are fine — I have been using them for years ! |
| 30 | Women on the continent have been using them for years and they 're gradually becoming available in this country . |