Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 2 | Er it 's , I can not get to sleep for nothing for it . |
| 3 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 4 | To all our Link Churches throughout Britain , thank you for your support for BMS and through them for us . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | I used to do all their printing for them for their photographers . . |
| 7 | Nuri was one of Egypt 's great landowners and the Khedive considered there was sufficient identity of interest between them for him to be able to use Nuri 's services without fear . |
| 8 | They were presented by the Treasury with £1,000 between them for their services . |
| 9 | This emerged as the Butt Report and was immediately rejected out of hand by the incumbent Commander-in-Chief , Bomber Command , but not so by the Army and Navy to whom the report had been leaked and who were bent on carving Bomber Command up between them for their desperate needs in the Western Approaches and in the war in the desert . |
| 10 | On each side were stalls heaped with fruit , vegetables , fish and other staples , behind which strapping black-shawled women bawled produce and price , oblivious of the packs of snarling dogs and ragged children lunging in and out between them for whatever scraps they could scavenge . |
| 11 | Although the KDP were also in revolt at the same time , there were too many differences between them for there to be any prospect of co-ordinated action . |
| 12 | I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated . |
| 13 | While we 're promoting my own show and blowing my own trumpet , er this afternoon Jenny is on for my for me this afternoon . |
| 14 | for my for my leg . |
| 15 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So you 've chased after me for nothing . ’ |
| 17 | But none of the larger firms has done so yet , so the obvious conclusion to be drawn is that either they prefer to live dangerously or they still do n't believe that anyone would actually go after them for their personal assets . |
| 18 | They look after you for everything . |
| 19 | Take off the coloured belt after you leave the area so that you wo n't have stewards chasing after you for it ! |
| 20 | ‘ We 're not after you for anything , ’ Shirl said , quite kindly . |
| 21 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 22 | ACTRESS Jean Marsh is not flattered by a description of the rose she had named after her for her role as the maid , Rose , in Upstairs Downstairs . |
| 23 | The safety of knowing that at least he was n't after her for her father 's wealth ? |
| 24 | He ignored her question ( " because I 'm a woman " , thought Miriam ) but smiled soothingly and said : " Will you look after him for me , Mrs Lang ? |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll look after him for me , wo n't you ? ’ she 'd said to me after we 'd got him unpacked and she could n't think of anything else which might prevent her from leaving . |
| 26 | There was a long long silence , then , ‘ Look after him for me , Leith , ’ Rosemary requested , and rang off . |
| 27 | Look after him for nothing ? |
| 28 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 29 | Will you come look after him for us ? |
| 30 | Really she 's after him for his money . ’ |