Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 2 | Under the right conditions they come into existence at a great rate , but no one of them has existed for long , and all will be destroyed within a few months . |
| 3 | It is that someone among them has taken for himself some of the treasures of the city which were destined for God 's own sanctuary . |
| 4 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 5 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 6 | Thus when I favour pay for ‘ childcare ’ I mean the day-to-day domestic care of people who need it ( obviously I would include adults too infirm to care for themselves ) . |
| 7 | I made to reach for one . |
| 8 | only insure our own league and so it , I mean insured for major contingencies and that |
| 9 | I mean waiting for me ? ’ |
| 10 | While I contemplate screaming for mercy . ) |
| 11 | ‘ Leo , she said warningly , ‘ I have had as much as I intend taking for one day . |
| 12 | I intend to live for ever . |
| 13 | ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’ |
| 14 | As I say I think I 'll sum up and have a vote , and then I intend to break for lunch on conclusion of this item . |
| 15 | In the end we compromised , Singh apologised and I agreed to pay for repairs to his sidelight . |
| 16 | I agreed to care for ‘ our ’ baby whilst her mother had a little happiness . |
| 17 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 18 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 19 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 20 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 21 | ‘ I got shot for something I never did , ’ said Jason , who was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital for treatment . |
| 22 | She said I got to go for erm pregnancy test . |
| 23 | I got done for that . |
| 24 | It was like from head to toe there was these marks on my body where I had bruises , and I got done for police assault — I could n't believe it ! |
| 25 | I was dead thin and not eating anything and then I got sacked for gross misconduct , y'know , for never going in and that . |
| 26 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 27 | Then I got arrested for some petty thing , shoplifting . |
| 28 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |
| 29 | I got picked for my maths yesterday . |
| 30 | I got accused for you ! |