Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] for [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 2 | This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell . |
| 3 | Although I am myself very much in favour of people going to the theatre and reading books it is very useful for my research for me to play devil 's advocate on these activities and to ask ‘ Why should people go to the theatre ? ’ and ‘ Why should people read books ? ’ |
| 4 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
| 5 | Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . |
| 6 | There 's my authority for you to do that inside the envelope . |
| 7 | As soon as I saw her my love for her overwhelmed me — and what I had planned to say . |
| 8 | And worst of all , for me , is that , instead of fizzling out , my love for him has grown . |
| 9 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't forget my number for her to call you back . ’ |
| 11 | Could I leave my number for her to ring me ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll promise , ’ I said , offering my hand for her to shake , but she only smiled and replied , ‘ I think I can trust you . ’ |
| 13 | Like , for instance , when my Dad , proud of his craft , and his special friendly relations with a good customer , a Mr Watson , was saying : ‘ My goot friend , Mr Vatson , vas so pleased vit his suit — he brought a friend to my house for me to make him von . |
| 14 | Perhaps she was still too much like Miss Harker and her kind for him to feel comfortable . |
| 15 | When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks . |
| 16 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 17 | Meticulously , she sucked him dry , and stood up to open her mouth for him to see his seed swimming over her pink tongue and gums . |
| 18 | And the intensity of her longing for him to press his mouth to her lips , or to be roughly crushed within his embrace , was becoming almost more than she could bear . |
| 19 | And the sight of Red Riding Hood with the savage ‘ wolf ’ beside her carrying her basket for her brought even louder claps from the spectators than before . |
| 20 | It all stemmed from her desire for him to leave UNACO . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't suppose ‘ Mrs Smith ’ is the first woman with whom Garry has deceived his wife , and she probably wo n't be the last , ’ she said , her desire for him disappearing at the contempt in his tone . |
| 22 | Fortunately , she was a greedy horse , so when a helper held a bucket of food under her nose for her to eat while she was being mounted , she was easily distracted . |
| 23 | But she could sense when he was getting her ready for a match and stood like a statue , even dropping her head for him to clip her mane . |
| 24 | It quite belies its title for it deals with a very wide spectrum of architectural and building topics , has many pictures and plans , useful addresses and a pertinent bibliography . |
| 25 | When he let go of her to shut the door her impatience for him to return was almost more than her body could stand . |
| 26 | She and Hopper were convinced they were in love , but between engagement and marriage her passion for him began to cool . |
| 27 | And that was how her love for him felt at the moment — as cheap and useless as a dollar . |
| 28 | The new awareness of her love for him stabbed again at her heart . |
| 29 | However irrational , she knew that her love for him had somehow betrayed Philippe . |
| 30 | Erin talks about the joy the mindless child brings her — well , so it may , but her love for it has been most destructive for others . |