Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made nothing for himself out of the plunder of the Church lands . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | She had lost everything , first her father and then her home , to a man who cared nothing for her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 8 | Cornelius helped Tuppe on to a stool and found one for himself . |
| 9 | In the end , after the tea had been made and drunk , there seemed nothing for it but to escort them home , leaving Ianthe at her front door and walking the short distance to the vicarage with Penelope . |
| 10 | She made none for herself , but left Rachaela at once with the mug in her hand . |
| 11 | Though applicants had to demonstrate financial soundness and programming ability , they paid nothing for their regional monopolies , which guaranteed them a share of the £1 billion-plus ( $1.95 billion ) of television advertising sold in Britain each year . |
| 12 | Wear your city brogues with bare feet and people will think you mugged someone for them . |
| 13 | Eventually he opened one for us by hitting it with an old chisel . |
| 14 | He handed the boy a glass , then poured one for himself and sat , facing the T'ang across the fire . |
| 15 | Taking snaps of single atoms is a feat worthy of a Nobel prize , and the STM got one for its inventors . |
| 16 | You got one for his knob . |
| 17 | She used to beg him : ‘ Come on , Dirkie , read something for me . |
| 18 | ‘ You got something for me ? ’ |
| 19 | I love the way cos he goes I got something for you and with the ink he goes , oh , alright , and he throws it and and he goes , nice catch ! |
| 20 | In a book by Dürer he read a description of a perspective device and made one for himself . |
| 21 | ‘ Like a bologna sandwich ? ’ he asked her , as he made one for himself . |
| 22 | But he got a pattern made and had the base of the machine made at a local foundry and he made all the leverage parts and got the , he got the blades made in Sheffield or somewhere and er he made one for himself . |
| 23 | In a letter to employees George thanked everyone for their understanding and sympathy which he said would help him and his family cope with the terrible tragedy . |
| 24 | Lord Petre ordered one for himself , another in the name of his gardener , James Hunt , while a dozen more were bespoke on behalf on those who tended the great gardens ; James Hoyland for the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard and Rice Lewis for the Earl of Burlington at Chiswick , for example . |
| 25 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 26 | I knew I recorded one for him and I did n't , I did n't |
| 27 | But then he felt nothing for her . |
| 28 | Damian felt nothing for her . |
| 29 | She felt nothing for me ; she has already forgotten me ; she lives in a drowsy round of smoking , going to the baths , painting her eyelids and drinking coffee . |
| 30 | She felt nothing for him but forgiveness . |