Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 One of the things that was popular was that the smaller things like rabbit clubs when people could then get food for them officially if they did that .
2 They have every right to be different — it 's very presumptuous of us to invent personalities for them simply because we 've seen them act on a cinema screen , but it can still be a shock when they 're not as you 'd hoped .
3 I should n't care to work for them even if they asked me . ’
4 ‘ It will be a lovely surprise for them both when they come in , Rita 's chance at last .
5 It 'll be a surprise for them both when they get home …
6 The irony for England was that had he decided differently he would have been playing for them rather than against them , for his parents had brought him from Barbados at the age of twelve to live in Reading , and he had played for England schoolboys .
7 Such nurses need to benefit from an individual appraisal and assessment of their experience and skills so that re-entry becomes a natural progression for them rather than a hurdle to be jumped .
8 I have said before from the Dispatch Box that the attitude of other parties in the House to that Act is a matter for them rather than for me .
9 It was a continuous process , and all of the people tended to see the computer as working very much for them rather than for the other department next door .
10 And you know that at the same time as you could clout them you 'd actually die for them also if it came to the point .
11 Life 's better for them here when they 're lucky enough to get in .
12 Take our kids away from us because you reckon you know what 's good for them better than what we do ?
13 Well I should say yes they would , I should say there was trouble for them obviously when it was reported .
14 You 'd better settle for them quickly while they 're still at this low price . "
15 The theory of politics argues , on the supply side , that political parties , in bidding for support , end up by promising more than they can deliver and that , on the demand side , this leads to inflated expectations since the electorate have incentives to vote for increased services because they do not pay for them directly and because there may be little correlation between tax payments and government benefits .
16 Second , the electorate will have every incentive to vote for more government services because they do not pay for them directly and individual tax payments may bear little ( if any ) relationship to the benefits which they may derive from such services .
17 I think that 's why I like children — because there was always somebody smaller than me and I had to do everything for them really when I was younger — feed them , change their nappies …
18 Margaret Thatcher once pleaded that it would be the ‘ cruellest thing ’ for her colleagues to unseat her after she had obtained for them more than a decade in power .
19 Three old mill stones serve as the steps up to the door of the mill , an aesthetically appealing alternative use for them now that they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were designed .
20 T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness .
21 He had not been searching specially for them so that , as he wrote in his journal , " It is sufficient to disturb the composure of an entomologist 's mind to look forward to the future dimensions of a complete catalogue " .
22 And I care not what may be the motive of the parents who bring their children and want them offered to Christ in the sacrament of baptism it is the grace of God that is available for them there and I think we should be very thoughtful about these matters and try to take up either one position or the other .
23 I know it is , it 's not exactly doing a lot for me either but er cos it gets raised every bloody management meeting but I think having discussed the matter we 've actually opened ourselves out a few more options than we probably thought we had
24 Jordi was waiting for me outside after I had a bath and changed my clothes for dinner .
25 I mean , you obviously know what I want here , but I mean I was hoping that Yvonne would come across and work maybe two stroke three days a week for me even when
26 I 'm going up country tomorrow , but do leave a message for me here if you would like any more information . ’
27 Right would you take them to the kitchen for me please because I 'm putting these bits away
28 But the king replied , ‘ Tell them not to send for me again as long as my son is alive .
29 Oh switch this light on for me again because the pools lady wo n't be able to see .
30 My friends wait for me now but never mind . ’
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