Example sentences of "it for [pers pn] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 2 | Sotheby 's was approached towards the end of 1988 , and , according to Llewellyn , ‘ We told the seller that we certainly would not be prepared to sell it for him unless it was clear that there were no existing legal claims to be made by any third parties against the picture . |
| 3 | People are doing it for him because they loved him very much and he was a very funny guy as well as a kind person . |
| 4 | She let him pour it for her while she threw another log on to the fire , smashing a cathedral of embers . |
| 5 | William photocopied it for her while she addressed an envelope . |
| 6 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 7 | it 's funny cos I just I thought ooh , I 'll buy it for her cos you know she does n't |
| 8 | ‘ My guess — it 's no more than that — is that somebody came around earlier and told Mrs Tanner that there 'd be a couple of hundred quid in it for her if you showed up . |
| 9 | Doing it for her when I know I already know it . |
| 10 | He oiled it , pumped up the tyres and held it for me while I had a go , just in the yard at first . |
| 11 | ‘ Do it for me because you love me . ’ |
| 12 | I suspected it last night , and you confirmed it for me when I touched you in the lift on the way up to the restaurant tonight . |
| 13 | In Chester one shop had one copy left and would save it for me if I could get there that afternoon . |
| 14 | I think there 's less disappointment in it for you than in writing . ’ |
| 15 | You will manage — oh yes — although you have no servants to feed your animals or cook your meat for you — you will manage , although you are a year married with a wee child learning to walk , and no wet-nurse to mind it for you while you milk the beasts — and no young husband to thatch your house above your head . |
| 16 | Ultratone will do it for you while you relax , watch TV or listen to music . |
| 17 | Shall I do it for you while you 're doing something else ? |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll keep it for you until you drive round . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll look after it for you until you 're back . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I picked it for you because Jeff told me that blue 's your favourite colour . ’ |
| 21 | Making a will with a solicitor also has the advantage of that you 'll have a copy , he 's likely to look after it for you if you want him to . |
| 22 | I 'll keep it for you if it does . |
| 23 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 24 | and he said ah no problem I can order it for you if you 'd like me to so I said I would and he said he 'd phone me when er |
| 25 | I can take it for you if you like . |
| 26 | I 'll do it for you if you , you want ? |
| 27 | Er I can certainly get it for you cos I 've got most of the lads ' phone numbers er in case any of the games are cancelled , yes it 's er |
| 28 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 29 | In today 's market this almost inevitably means using PostScript to drive a Linotronic 100 or 300 system and , equally inevitably , relying on a bureau to do it for you as the systems cost £25,000 and up . |
| 30 | When he left Odd-Knut told us he was Lappish , and that when asked if the trail to our campsite was piled high with snow he had said yes it was , but that he would break it for us if we were willing to pay . |