Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that they only intend them for linings . |
| 2 | When the registration forms came through , she apparently mistook them for election bumf and threw them away . |
| 3 | ‘ She 'll do , I only want her for breeding , ’ the nasty woman said . |
| 4 | They only want it for games do they ? |
| 5 | This affordable scheme not only covers you for loss of income , but is useful for the unforeseen expenses as well . |
| 6 | And the Attorney-General can only act if there is a complaint about sentence within 28 days of the verdict and can only refer it for review on grounds of leniency . |
| 7 | The original American legislation was only for women , and they made in fact some very erm convoluted and not very satisfactory arguments about why they should only do it for women . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , but that was when I was only pumping you for information , not giving it to you . |
| 9 | Quite important , because we only give them for buildings which the public can see . |
| 10 | Because these are so individually made , they 're rather like instruments which have been devised for a specific individual , and so to criticise them for details of design is hardly fair . |
| 11 | This attitude is certainly not without advantages , and many might rightly wish it for Britain : however , the favouritist or clientilist pressures are strong . |
| 12 | What a waste of time , cos he 'll only sell them for things he |
| 13 | Her action is seen as an irrational or emotional response to a particular situation ; she ‘ only did it for love ’ , for example . |
| 14 | She only did it for fun , he said . |
| 15 | Of all his field agents Philpott had known Whitlock the longest , having personally recruited him for MIS at Oxford University . |
| 16 | Just as the rewards for European golfers have increased dramatically over the last few years with a circuit worth nearly twenty million pounds , so have they for caddies . |
| 17 | And if her head warned her that he only wanted her for sex , her heart ignored the warning and opened itself joyfully to his tender passion . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course , we have to make sure they are not just using us for cannon fodder , ’ she says . |
| 19 | Well perhaps I 'll just do it for Malcolm 's patch . |
| 20 | ‘ He just uses it for storage . ’ |
| 21 | Fit isolation valves either side of your pump , so you can easily remove it for maintenance and repair . |
| 22 | This is just asking us for permission for them to apply for planning permission . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll just read it for timing , shall I ? |
| 24 | Yeah and you wo n't if , do you , wo n't have to tell 'em what you 're getting for doing it , you 're just , you 're just doing it for interest so to speak |
| 25 | Blanche had just asked him for permission to approach the secret services formally and inspect their files on Graham Mills . |
| 26 | It 's so big that anyone who was n't an expert could easily mistake it for costume jewellery . ’ |
| 27 | However , his wife pointed out that Katy seemed no longer to approach him for attention — instead she had began to play by herself in very stereotyped and restricted ways . |
| 28 | Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption . |
| 29 | ‘ They just do it for money . ’ |
| 30 | I 'll just drive it for week and see if I like it . |