Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [pers pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , though , I could no longer manage him at home — he was so weak ; so I arranged for him to go into the residential home , where Miss Prescott and Mrs Whitaker did everything they possibly could to make him happy and comfortable — and succeeded . |
| 2 | ‘ I arranged for him to come on my day off . |
| 3 | " I suppose she thinks I arranged for you to come here , " he said at last . |
| 4 | I meant for you to marry me ! ’ |
| 5 | I guess that 's part of it : I never really wanted anyone else to tell me what to do , though I craved for them to make my decisions easier . |
| 6 | erm I voted for it to go out to consultation , but I have n't yet voted that it will be a site , and I will take the representations of everybody into consideration before I make up my mind . |
| 7 | I waited for her to say something else , but she did n't , so I asked to speak to Toby . |
| 8 | I waited for her to erupt as the ear-splitting entourage drew level . |
| 9 | I waited for her to speak of peas , but she had no need . |
| 10 | I waited for her to try to scream again , readying myself to leap upon her and bear her down . |
| 11 | I waited for her to bring up the subject of Graham 's murder because I knew she would have been very upset . |
| 12 | I went out after the thief , I waited for him to return , and God pity me , I killed that innocent man ! ’ |
| 13 | In the silence that followed I waited for him to continue . |
| 14 | I waited for him to go on , but Reid said nothing more and it left a moment of awkward silence between us . |
| 15 | I waited for him to finish . |
| 16 | One evening in November I waited for him to finish his day 's work . |
| 17 | I waited for him to speak . |
| 18 | I waited for him to come into my room and say hello . |
| 19 | He closed the curtains and I waited for him to come out to his car . |
| 20 | When you stayed away from me , I would try in vain to will you back beside me : then , long after the dinner I waited for you to share but had to eat alone , I would wander out into the stony streets , hoping to bump into you , to glimpse you sitting in a bar or on a park bench : |
| 21 | ‘ I longed for him to say ‘ Do n't do this ’ but all he would say was ‘ Wonderful ’ . |
| 22 | All through this conversation he had the impression that Frank no longer sneered ; and as he went back to Liverpool he was sure that he was more tolerant and sympathetic and ‘ was willing to grant that there was some sense in some of the things which I longed for him to share ’ . |
| 23 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |
| 24 | Occasionally his job as a private insurance investigator allowed him this privilege but there were occasions which called for him to dress more formally . |
| 25 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 26 | She gestured for him to go with an indifferent wave of her hand . |
| 27 | And she turned for him to unlace her corset . |
| 28 | It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office . |
| 29 | It was Mother who arranged for her to go to Paris to train in Uncle Félix 's salon . |
| 30 | Police believe they 've identified the man who arranged for him to smuggle the drug and that he 's currently carrying out his business abroad . |