Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [be] for " in BNC.
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1 | So I mean it 's for when you 're older . |
2 | I say I worked , but I mean it was for a charity which ran one of these centres where they try and help the socially deprived . |
3 | I realised it was for John and Angela . ’ |
4 | I say it 's for young fellows like yourself and myself , ’ Fonsie said . |
5 | When I painted it was for myself , I could afford the luxury of spending two years on a painting ; I did n't have to worry about whether anyone was interested in it or not or whether I would exhibit it in a commercial gallery or whether it would be sold . |
6 | I suspect she 's for the chop . |
7 | Except that is was for money , I know it was for money but er I do n't know the exact er Because I think I think in that year , we got what we called the Samuel award , that were three shillings a day , basic , you see ? |
8 | I believe it is for the fundamental reason summed up in the idea of Christ 's inclusive humanity . |
9 | When I buy them from the chemist , I pretend they 're for someone else . |
10 | Then not long after , we were both walking under some scaffolding — she was already under it and out of view — when a workman whistled , so I knew it was for me , not her . |
11 | As soon as I saw it , I knew it was for you . ’ |
12 | I knew it was for me to approach the Colonel again , rather than vice versa . |
13 | I did n't think you could get grants for your hobby ; I thought they were for businesses and things like that . |
14 | I thought they were for sore throats and things Gary ? |
15 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
16 | I thought it was for purely recreational use |
17 | I thought it was for the best . |
18 | I thought it was for more than we are after selling him for . |
19 | I thought it was for m , Tuesday ! |
20 | Yes , I think they 're for myself , . |
21 | I think it 's for taking stuff to the factory and that . |
22 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
23 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
24 | ‘ I think it 's for your shepherd . ’ |
25 | So I believe we 're doing the right thing , I think it 's for the good of the country I think it 's for the good of the company and the shareholders . |
26 | So I believe we 're doing the right thing , I think it 's for the good of the country I think it 's for the good of the company and the shareholders . |
27 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
28 | But , I think it is for your children , but erm I 've I worked er , before I had the children and |
29 | I think it is for you purely to decide , that this application does not affect the house . |
30 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |