Example sentences of "[pron] for [pers pn] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I do n't think he ever forgave me for it you know . |
| 2 | Well this is , this is why I thought perhaps erm I did n't want to ask Jim too much or he would know I was buying them for him you see . |
| 3 | and er they had to call us in , well Dick went out and er I think it was actually two separate visits so they must of , cos they 're refurbishing the place you see so they must of moved into one office and thought oh you know this do n't work , move into another office the day after , well this do n't work either and he , he actually did two separate visits , whether they 'll actually bill them for it I do n't know , but I mean it 's a minimum of an hour in both cases so |
| 4 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 5 | Well in that case and they 'd been stopping them for us you see and er excuse me stopping them for us and whoever decided to speak to them has had his few words and that 's it carry on . |
| 6 | been a lot of crucial areas this afternoon Alan but I for me I think by and large Leicester have always had the edge in midfield . |
| 7 | yeah , I really was quite , quite upset about it , well I do n't blame you for it I would n't of minded if she 'd said this morning when I 'd asked her |
| 8 | Yeah but they said we ca n't charge you for it he said we sell a new tube or sell you a new tyre he said we can charge you but we ca n't charge you labour . |
| 9 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 10 | it was nothing for you to have the er sole of your sh shoe flapping off and having to wear 'em till the p there was a little man that used to mend the shoes in Hirael there and you 'd go to him and he 'd put a couple of nails , never charge you for it you know . |
| 11 | do n't worry about something for me I 'll have what anybody else has |
| 12 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 13 | I mean for me they for me they should be drawing one each actually now . |
| 14 | We usually pick , most of them keep their religion to themselves do n't they for me I would n't know . |
| 15 | Ask her for it I am , she 's alright , she 's |
| 16 | Sometimes the people that owned the book had to pay it for them you know . |
| 17 | If it did it for them it can do it for me ! ’ |
| 18 | Just who did it for them she did n't seem to know , it was all contacts of Gustav 's . |
| 19 | You see , he was exceptionally nice and he used to lecture at the colleges and er he was a real , very nice gentleman and er and so he , of course he , he , he took his drink across to the table with him and sometimes I took it for him it just depend and he , he wrote this book and er I forget now , perhaps you would like to read and see what he says |
| 20 | If we could taking it for her it 'd be worth it . |
| 21 | a lot of the people used to come in and they 'd be in in his hotel , boozing rather than being at the pub you know , he says it for me I got a bottle and everything there . |
| 22 | And if there 's no money in it for me I 'm not gon na give priority to going picking up a piece of wood for a customer . |
| 23 | It follows that there is a close , but quite unexplored , relation between discourse deixis and mention or quotation ; thus in the following example ( from Lyons , 1977a : 667 ) : ( 91 ) A : That 's a rhinoceros B : Spell it for me it refers not to the referent , the beast itself , but to the word rhinoceros . |
| 24 | If you 'd tape it for me you would n't have , I would n't have to have |
| 25 | Yeah , but I mean if you told them which one you want they may well still be able to get it for you It is three minutes is n't it ? |
| 26 | I says if we do it for you it 'll cost you a fortune , he said |
| 27 | So in everything that we do and staying spiritually awake , we have to do something , it all comes back to you and I at the end of the day , no one else can do it for us we sometimes think well , well , so and so can help , I mean this is true to a degree , but at the end of the day it all comes back to us does n't it ? |
| 28 | Well they ca n't do any they ca n't do anything for me I 'm an I 'm an awkward sod ! |