Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he told me to go and ask for a job there . |
| 2 | He says an which he says you 've worked so hard , cos I worked for two casters which I should n't have done really , but that 's how I were used to working you see and er , he said er , I said well me dad keeps asking me to go and work for him , and he said well I 'll tell you what I 'll do with you , he says you 've worked so hard for us , this bloke came from Bloxford you know He says you 've worked so hard for us , he said we 'll agree to you going with your father , er for a month and see whether you like it , and if you do n't like it , come back and we 'll give you your job back . |
| 3 | ‘ Why on earth would you want me to come and work for you ? ’ |
| 4 | And now he expects me to clean and cook for him . ’ |
| 5 | I half had it in mind to invite you to come and work for me here in Vienna . |
| 6 | ‘ When I dropped you at your villa , I went straight to the hospital and told your father I wanted you to come and work for me . ’ |
| 7 | What you must do is tense your neck muscles to relieve the pressure and then hurt your attacker so quickly and painfully that he will loosen his grip , allowing you to move and gasp for air — before you smash him and run . |
| 8 | Tales like this inspired him to go and explore for himself ; and apart from them he had another reason . |
| 9 | The mixture of anger and guilt which overwhelmed his widow made it impossible for her to grieve and weep for the loss of the good things shared in the early days of their marriage . |
| 10 | The psychologist had suggested among other things that Mrs Singh could help to improve Jeetinder 's spoken and written language by reading to him at bedtime and could help to improve his numeracy by encouraging him to spend and account for his pocket money . |
| 11 | ‘ I did ask them to explain and apologise for me , ’ she offered , anxious not to prejudice all the hard work the agency had put in . |
| 12 | My own burden in writing this book is that as wide a circle of believers as possible consider biblical and practical principles for church planting that will enable us to promote and plan for growth more effectively . |
| 13 | Lord Jesus , we cry to You that You will bring peace to those who use force to try to gain their selfish way ; use Your people to be peacemakers ; help us to work and pray for a world where You will be King . |
| 14 | Help us to work and pray for peace in your world . |
| 15 | What , when do you want us to come and knock for you ? |
| 16 | Aggressive criticisms of assembly-line education such as this from the 1930s should cause us to stop and think for a moment . |