Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't ask him to stay then yell at him for caring for her . |
| 2 | Indeed , multiproduct companies will normally have a variety of means open to them for breaking even on their operation , some of which may be approximately equally efficient , so that governmental intervention to choose one amongst them , something facilitated by state ownership , is not necessarily inefficient . |
| 3 | Therefore , I can assure my hon. Friend , who represents a rural constituency , that we have very much in mind the needs of rural post offices and we shall look with interest at any requests that they make to us for extending their liability to sell other services . |
| 4 | I find Dr. Proudie and some of the characters such as Mr. Harding and Eleanor Bold rather pathetic and not worthy of sympathy — I do not know whether these are the sentiments Trollope hoped to arouse , but though I obviously dislike Mrs. Proudie as we are supposed to , I find that I can admire her and sympathise with her for having the bad luck to be surrounded by such people . |
| 5 | anger at ourselves for taking the job |
| 6 | " Your anthropologists laugh at us for saying we came from the stars . |
| 7 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 8 | ‘ As far as I was concerned he was just a big fella who used to come out of the shop and bellow at us for playing against the wall . |