Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] [verb] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The things I wrote were for you . |
| 2 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 3 | The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians . |
| 4 | But the last thing I did was for a guitar player in Nashville , Chip Young , who put together an album — which incidentally is getting released pretty soon — and he has ten tracks with ten different guests : local session players , myself , Chet 's on one , Grady Martin , Jerry Reed , Jerry Kennedy , Wayne Moss and various other guys , but I think guitar players out there will like it . ’ |
| 5 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 6 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 7 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 8 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 9 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 10 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 11 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 12 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
| 13 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 14 | When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas . |
| 15 | The last thing we want is for someone to pop up unmarked and score a goal . |
| 16 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 17 | His job is to clean along the paths of the Zoo and that thing he pushes is for the rubbish he collects , and along its side he has two brooms and a shovel . |
| 18 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |