Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 2 | Canan and her boss know exactly what to expect from each other : ‘ It 's far easier for me to work for another Turk because I can talk about pay rates and things like that more openly . |
| 3 | They 've got together to form a barter scheme , using a special currency which allows them to work for each other without REAL money changing hands . |
| 4 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 5 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 6 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 7 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 8 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 9 | I asked for some children to work with me . |
| 10 | Erm now councillor and I asked for this matter to be brought to this chamber because erm we felt that the matter w was important enough that all members of this council should have an opportunity to debate it . |
| 11 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 12 | The Opposition replied , ’ That was 10 years ago ’ , to which my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge ( Mr. Nicholls ) , whom I commend for this observation , said , that 10 years was a very long time for the Leader of the Opposition and 10 minutes was about the average length of every policy that he had put forward . |
| 13 | It follows that I award for this period of care by the plaintiff 's parents the sum of fifteen thousand pounds which equates to an award of three pounds hourly for five thousand hours . |
| 14 | This I endured for several months , having no spirit even to complain . |
| 15 | I mean for this market research one , we ought to finish this tonight because if she comes tomorrow |
| 16 | And what will I earn for this work ? ’ |
| 17 | It would n't be an exaggeration to say I lived for that owl during that very intense period of training . |
| 18 | I lived for many years in the north of England . |
| 19 | Good Friday is about punks at Hastings , where I lived for many years , seen feeding a hot-cross bun to pigeons . |
| 20 | In order to observe this and to try to understand something of what life in the movement was like at first hand — and , of course , to try to observe the operation of sociological variables such as social control — I lived for several periods of a week or so , over a span of six years , in Unification centres and participated in various of their functions . |
| 21 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 22 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 23 | My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’ |
| 24 | I cared for that child myself . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ My God , ’ he choked , ‘ how I long for that day ! ’ |
| 26 | My Lords , before the Noble Lord sits down , perhaps I could ask him to remember , he was saying s how , how splendidly the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy appointed magistrates and I entirely agree , but they appoint them , not from a list that they 've constructed themselves , they appoint them because the keepers of the roles for respective counties propose names to them which they very carefully er selected by the very special and an an and complicated process of of er of er of of examination of people whose names come forward , I find in my case that only one-third of the people whom I interview for this purpose with my Committee er are the ones which I 've I propose . |
| 27 | Make a secret I test for each character ( Dwarf -10 , Halfling -30 ) . |
| 28 | I apologise for that omission erm it 's er erm one of those things that er er does I 'm afraid from time to time happen . |
| 29 | I apologise for any offence given but there has been another death , though one which may resolve the mysteries which have plagued us . ’ |
| 30 | I apologise for any inconvenience caused . |