Example sentences of "[vb base] it for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say it for us . |
| 2 | Er we we go in and sell the advertising if they er we 'll take over as soon as the current supply runs out we we 'll start offering er and supply it for them . |
| 3 | er he would back his with a little encouragement from me he 'd back his lorry right into it and flatten it for you . |
| 4 | ‘ I want it for her , I want it very much . ’ |
| 5 | But for what we want it for ours is good enough . |
| 6 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 7 | I catch it for you . |
| 8 | And er you know she asked me to cut it for her so I cut it for her . |
| 9 | Who cut it for you ? ’ |
| 10 | I chop it for you ? |
| 11 | Because , you wash it for him . |
| 12 | I 'll build the fire up a bit more and heat it for you now . |
| 13 | Just demonstrate it for me . |
| 14 | ‘ They read it for me in Administration . ’ |
| 15 | Wear it for me , darling . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Wear it for me tonight . ’ |
| 17 | Adults , by seeking to be protective and to keep children from pain and distress , actually create it for them . |
| 18 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 19 | Describe it for me . ’ |
| 20 | They will strive to validate it , and even prescribe it for you and everyone else : not just ‘ this is how we live ’ , but ‘ this is how one ought to live ’ . |
| 21 | So if you know the graph of Y equals X squared which unfortunately I ca n't draw tonight it 's draw it for you , could draw it from the inside keep telling everyone else . |
| 22 | ‘ Then get it for her , Jack , get it ’ |
| 23 | Now I 'll get off my bottom and get it for you . ’ |
| 24 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 25 | It follows that there is a close , but quite unexplored , relation between discourse deixis and mention or quotation ; thus in the following example ( from Lyons , 1977a : 667 ) : ( 91 ) A : That 's a rhinoceros B : Spell it for me it refers not to the referent , the beast itself , but to the word rhinoceros . |
| 26 | You can also turn to a professional dog trainer , who will take your dog and train it for you . |
| 27 | Get out there and find it for me ! ’ |
| 28 | Try and find it for me , it was a ninety-minute one . |
| 29 | Well no , the they weigh it for you . |
| 30 | She stared at a plump tea-kettle like a plump hen above the shopman 's head , and her voice was dreamy as she answered : " Well , keep it for me — will your I … |