Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They criticise me for getting a new curtain or taking a holiday . |
| 2 | I spect they use it for driving their vans through . |
| 3 | They do it for to keep him going and then they 'll say he says you know I 'm used to getting up at half four and going so many miles every morning for a big jog . |
| 4 | They disparage themselves for doubting and in the same breath defend their doubt like a treasured possession which nothing could persuade them to give up . |
| 5 | And Italians seem to have the most matter-of-fact attitude to drinking wine ; they take it for granted , just like the bread and salt on the table . |
| 6 | They take it for granted , for instance , that |
| 7 | British owners used to blame the princes for making racing prohibitively expensive ; now they blame them for making it prohibitively cheap . |
| 8 | The Arab said , ‘ They blame me for guarding the food . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |