Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted the freedom and the encouragement to do the best I could for myself and my family . |
| 2 | yeah I know , but its still very hard work , and I 'm ten years older than he is I , I just did as much as I could for him really , I mean I did more mixing than he did , I did nearly all the mixing |
| 3 | ‘ I have never sought an honour in my life — I just did what I could for my home village where I was born and raised . |
| 4 | I was glad to do what I could for my friend , the only survivor of the Praça days . |
| 5 | ‘ I would do anything I could for you , save — ’ |
| 6 | Having regard to the terms of that subsection in its substituted and current form I would for my part place the duty which it imposes on the local authority on the decision-making , as distinct from the executive , side of the line . |
| 7 | For that reason I would for my part discharge this committal order . |
| 8 | I 'll do the best I can for him . |
| 9 | Here , his unequivocal response to Mrs Hollar 's pleas — " Mrs Hollar , I will do everything I can for him " ( p. 82 ) — is made more emphatic by the fact that he interrupts her in order to say it , and its effect is to affirm his commitment to help at the expense of any considerations for his negative face , a change in priorities which is central to the development in Anderson 's character . |
| 10 | I can for myself see no argument in favour of the privilege against producing a document the contents of which may go to show that the holder has committed a criminal offence . |
| 11 | In his letter of acceptance he wrote , ‘ I gladly accept and I shall do all I can for you , ’ and he did literally that . |
| 12 | They 'd served their purpose , as a handwritten note pushed through the door on the Saturday afternoon had shown ; Mr Sampson — Appreciate your haste and will get things moving as quickly as I can for you . |
| 13 | It would be perfect for lunch in Paris and , although it was not really suitable for travelling , it would at least ensure that she looked as she ought for her reunion with Anthony . |
| 14 | Hate him as she might for his intractability , sheer common sense forced her to agree with him . |
| 15 | ‘ The Countess did all she could for me , arranging for me to have the baby away from the Castle , because of gossip in the servants ’ hall , and afterwards she took me back into service . |
| 16 | ‘ You did everything you could for us . |
| 17 | Mr Bruce Napier , a chartered clinical psychologist once in charge of the society 's disciplinary procedures , said : ‘ If you go to see a therapist for an hour a week to talk about your most intimate feelings , it is understandable you may develop more powerful feelings for him than you would for your bank manager or solicitor . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Do what you can for me , ’ and he crossed himself , picked up his suitcase and moved on . |
| 19 | You just shake your head and do the best you can for them . ’ |
| 20 | Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ? |
| 21 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 22 | It 's partly down to trying to do the best you can for your artists . |
| 23 | Yeah , hope you can for you then . |
| 24 | We 'd got word of these outlaws passing through the woods , though they never came near the villages , and then this master-carpenter and his fellow came back to us and told us what had befallen them , and we did what we could for them to set them on their way back to Shrewsbury . |
| 25 | So so erm , basic idea about crying is this kind of arms race situation , which offspring have been selected to amplify the signal , because it promotes their reproductive success , to get every little bit of extra parental investment we can for themselves . |
| 26 | We 'll make it as easy as we can for you . |
| 27 | I know that Steven 's parents understand how glad we are to do whatever we can for our daughter , and their son . |
| 28 | So there 's a general agreement for every well there will for me , like , if at any stage you want to talk turkey . |
| 29 | Age Concern in Liverpool claims that pensioners are paying up to 40% more than they should for their insurance . |
| 30 | The communists within the CPKI moved to take over as much power as they could for themselves in August-September and this , too , weakened the KPR . |