Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made nothing for himself out of the plunder of the Church lands . |
| 2 | The Sheikha usually made them for her . |
| 3 | Yes , she made them for her teacher 's as well , they 'll chocolates . |
| 4 | Since the war , every spell of Anfield success has been set or kept in motion by the signing of a top-class ‘ striker-cum-provider ’ a player who not only scored goals but also made them for his colleagues . |
| 5 | Moreover , we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it . |
| 6 | Mrs Toye mistook me for someone else . ’ |
| 7 | so loyal was he that he rejected his cousins , the UNICORNS , when Alexander 's men attacked them for their horns . |
| 8 | Mobutu resisted pressure from Western governments to enter into a power-sharing arrangement with Tshisekedi and attacked them for their " flagrant interference " ; he understood , he said , " that Western aid is mixed with all sorts of threats and blackmail " . |
| 9 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 10 | tramped them for my er , round and round on them . |
| 11 | How would you feel if you 'd been paying this money for ten years and then you lived , you lived after than , and you got nothing for it basically . |
| 12 | Many times they asked me for them by title . |
| 13 | You asked me for them . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , she had deep and peaceful eyes , and when she passed me by she only smiled ; she asked me for nothing . |
| 15 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 16 | Because I I mean I because she had asked me originally to keep it but I keep mine all separate until you asked me for it . |
| 17 | And er she asked me for it . |
| 18 | I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people . |
| 19 | ‘ They ignored this question , and aggressively asked me for my name , address and my employer 's name . |
| 20 | The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake . |
| 21 | Of course , the old man asked me for my reasons . |
| 22 | ‘ You asked me for my advice , and that 's it . ’ |
| 23 | she asked me for my phone number last night . |
| 24 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel ; he had wanted a grandson and he had got a grandson ; this should be enough for everybody … |
| 25 | But in one instance , he makes the text longer : this is where he replaces " this was nothing to the delighted grandfather " by " the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel " . |
| 26 | She had lost everything , first her father and then her home , to a man who cared nothing for her . |
| 27 | Whereas Flynn was at the other end of the scale , for , despite his external charm , he really seemed to care little about anybody 's well-being — possibly because he cared nothing for his own . |
| 28 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 29 | Originally we were planning to reward the first ten correct answers drawn out of the bag with a wonderful Sigma-Ray joystick , but unfortunately Markie ( feeble minded fool that he is ) mistook them for his laundry and took them home to be washed by his Mum . |
| 30 | Dolphins have been hunted in the Black Sea since the late nineteenth century , when Russian fishermen sought them for their meat and oil . |