Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the bloody hell did you go an' marry me for if you wanted to go to London ? |
| 2 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 3 | When his initial interest waned , the teacher paid no more attention to him : ‘ Then I realized what he was interested in me for and we ended up just walking past each other , completely ignoring each other . ’ |
| 4 | That 's thirteen and the five for me for and then the bus fare Where 's Raymond away to ? |
| 5 | Yeah , that 's what we use them for but I 'm sure she 's running . |
| 6 | What do I need them for when I 've got my little Angel Gabriel , eh ? ’ |
| 7 | However , the Conservative Government , at the time of writing , are trying in the most unsubtle ways to destroy the rail network in Scotland , a crime that generations to come will curse them for if they succeed . |
| 8 | So you can use them for because of because of it 's cos you can draw it out you can make wires out of it . |
| 9 | Thank you for before yo , before you start the please please we have n't quite finished ! |
| 10 | he may be eligible to be on a training course , for what we do n't know , but er after you 've been unemployed six months you are either required to or you have the opportunity to , or you can go on a state training course but what they train you for or to do we , we have n't actually got defined yet . |
| 11 | But they do n't tell you how to prepare you for when they die . |
| 12 | What did I slap you for when you 're wrong ? |
| 13 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
| 14 | Anyway , his push-bike would help to keep him for and conserve the precious petrol for more exciting excursions . |
| 15 | Play Bodin in the position you bought him for and show off our defence that otherwise will leak goals like two seasons ago . |
| 16 | PC Dickens would probably find something to arrest him for if he was n't nice about all this rubbish . |
| 17 | Are they for or second years ? |
| 18 | She gathered information all morning ; taking accurate measurements and soil tests , pin-pointing particular features or specimens on her plan , even photographs to remind her for when she got back to her drawing-board and began designing . |
| 19 | I 've got , I 've had it for but no , it 's been round there and that 's now going look . |
| 20 | cheaper than what I 'd had it for but I mean they always do something like that |
| 21 | What did 'e buy it for if 'e did n't want it ? |
| 22 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |
| 23 | But if you get a copy , save it for when you can read it at one sitting . |
| 24 | So keep it for the end and keep it for when you 've not only done all the questions but had a quick check through to see have |
| 25 | ‘ Save it for when I take you gambling in Las Vegas , ’ juggling this chance in his head with the unthinkable odds that he would never see her again . |
| 26 | As well as the P-trap , the three other common types are : the S-trap , which has an extra bend in it for when the final outlet is vertical rather than horizontal ; the running trap , a P-trap with horizontal inlet and outlet ; and the bottle trap which has a top entry and side outlet with a baffle inside to keep the bottle full . |
| 27 | It was the only thing that worked with Gesner and he had been saving it for when they went into rehearsal on Luxembourg . |
| 28 | If you do it for when you 've actually left home , when you , when you 've actual left at twenty past seven no |
| 29 | I do n't know , it looks as if it 's got some grit in it for when it gets icy I suppose you have to put he grit down there . |
| 30 | No I 'll keep it for when I have my money and I 'll go down to Cardiff and spend it the bloody lot . |