Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [adv] [subord] " 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 | 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 … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Jordi was waiting for me outside after I had a bath and changed my clothes for dinner . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | I 'm going up country tomorrow , but do leave a message for me here if you would like any more information . ’ |
| 21 | Right would you take them to the kitchen for me please because I 'm putting these bits away |
| 22 | But the king replied , ‘ Tell them not to send for me again as long as my son is alive . |
| 23 | Oh switch this light on for me again because the pools lady wo n't be able to see . |
| 24 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 25 | Southall waits for me now when I arrive and make a fuss of me — I can even hug Kizzy . |
| 26 | You feel sorry for me now because I 'm ill . |
| 27 | There was only him [ Ali ] for me then 'cause he was black and there was racialism . ’ |
| 28 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 29 | Oh God , I hope my belly spoke for me better than my fucking brain , in other words . |
| 30 | Language is as old as consciousness , language is practical consciousness that exists also for other men , and for that reason alone it really exists for me personally as well ; language like consciousness , only arises from the need , the necessity of intercourse with other men . |