Example sentences of "it for [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Morag does it , Morag does it for them anyway |
2 | The point is not lost on developing countries : if the rich countries think the strategy beneficial , there must be something in it for them too . |
3 | Well I mean you 're only doing it for him really are n't you , that 's the idea was to help him |
4 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |
5 | Because there was no Anthea to do it for him now . |
6 | Do it for him then . |
7 | And er you know she asked me to cut it for her so I cut it for her . |
8 | ‘ Wear it for me tonight . ’ |
9 | gon na tape it for me tonight . |
10 | ‘ I need this prescription , could you get it for me later ? ’ |
11 | Please can you cut it for me please ? |
12 | Made it for me specially . |
13 | Go and look for it for me then ? |
14 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
15 | ‘ They 'd find it for you fast enough , ’ he went on , either not noticing or not caring about the embarrassment of his host . |
16 | Nearly , you were in nearly alright , I 'll play it for you up to there ready it goes like this one , two , three , four , one , two , three , four , and this is this bit , one , two , three , four , one , two , three , four |
17 | So she 's got her knuckles grazed , you 've cleansed it , put it into a drop of water , ra or else we 've used the Mediwipes or the end of the bandage okay , now we just cover it , okay , so it goes over , can you just straighten out your hand for me , it goes over the wound , okay and you can take this one that she can hold it for you just up there , right , now the rest of this just winds round , the only thing you really need to do is to just make sure that you leave the thumb out , cover up the bottom right and then come up towards the wrist , cover up the top of the pad , come back down again , leave the thumb out all the time , got the idea ? |
18 | I 've er , tape it for you tonight . |
19 | say if you 'd done it I could have took it for you tomorrow or the next day . |
20 | I copied it for you out of a book . ’ |
21 | I said Oh I said oh you did use my hand blender , I did leave it for you then she |
22 | Alright , well look , dear I can scrub that and I 'll , I 'll get it for you so all in all er can you see the boat , you look and see them in a minute |
23 | Pity I ca n't play it for you now . ’ |
24 | I 'll build the fire up a bit more and heat it for you now . |
25 | next thing I remember was being undressed and in bed with Debbie standing there with a boiled egg on a tray , saying mummy were so sorry you 'll never do Christmas again , you 've done it for us for forty years , we shall do it for you now . |
26 | ‘ If they had turned round and said to me , ‘ That 's a good idea , why do n't you do it for us here ? ’ |
27 | We , we always , we were lucky we ha knew a man named he lived on and he was a butcher in his rights , his own rights you know , just like and , and but er , me dad 's brother or somebody knew him and , and he used to come and do it for us like , you know . |
28 | It 's absolutely massive , yes , it 's a national er campaign , so we 've been recruiting people from all kinds of ways ; direct mail , er getting in touch with people who 've done it for us before , er through magazines and so on and the whole thing has been a major logistical undertaking . |
29 | We had some extremely hot gear lying around so we asked them if they 'd have a go at getting rid of it for us out of town where it maybe would have cooled down somewhat . |
30 | ‘ We wish , my brother and I , we wish you to take some of our money and to invest it for us in — in such places where you invest your own . ’ |