Example sentences of "[pron] know [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I know you for dinner . |
2 | I knew her for months before she admitted , in a low voice , what her job was — as if she were some sort of traitor to society . |
3 | says to Jim what if they get through do you know what for Wembley |
4 | Substitution of I for E so instead of forget you know I for E So instead of saying forget you 'd say forgit . |
5 | Harry Andrews , who knew him for years , said , ‘ When he 'd had a few drinks he could be noisy . |
6 | Here we might note that they are also not in Edinburgh : we know this for B because B claims to have to go to Edinburgh , and go here means movement away from the place of the speaker at the time of speaking ; we know it for A also , because if A is in Edinburgh , then B's having to go to Edinburgh can hardly be an excuse for B not going to A today . |
7 | He knows them for folly , and has no patience with the little , grudging , timorous minds that made them . ’ |