Example sentences of "[vb -s] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 2 | I think love is like , when somebody loves you , loves you for just being yourself |
| 3 | It also covers you for anything that might need to be done in between . |
| 4 | This affordable scheme not only covers you for loss of income , but is useful for the unforeseen expenses as well . |
| 5 | Travel insurance covers you for sickness abroad but limit the pay-out on possessions such as cam recorders , cameras and jewellery to £300 in total . |
| 6 | As a buyer , a similar amount covers you for up to £400 if you 're gazumped , the seller pulls out , or the property is down-valued by more than 5% . |
| 7 | Make sure home contents insurance covers you for the move . |
| 8 | That covers you for us paying you in the next week . |
| 9 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |
| 10 | ‘ But he has you for company , ’ began Ruth . |
| 11 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 12 | Well nobody thanks you for doing without that . |
| 13 | nobody thanks you for it . |
| 14 | Valerie Jones of London ( Letters NI 198 ) criticizes you for not wholeheartedly supporting Sendero Luminoso ( A shining path of blood ) in Peru , while I was thinking that you were not sufficiently unequivocal in your condemnation of Sendero Luminoso . |
| 15 | if the gallery accepts you for a solo exhibition , they will normally organise everything and bear the costs of running and advertising it . |
| 16 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 17 | ‘ He wants you for Gareth , I think . ’ |
| 18 | Sticky Block — Holds you for a few seconds . |
| 19 | Proclaims you for a man replete with mocks ; |
| 20 | Nobody here blames you for listening . |
| 21 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 22 | It hates you for putting it there , but is loyal to you because you bring it food . |
| 23 | Over and over he told himself : ‘ You failed her , and she hates you for it . |
| 24 | Perhaps doing Shakespeare spoils you for that , but I think having a text that is good is important . |
| 25 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 26 | Our yachts are well maintained , so much so that we offer generous guarantees of compensation if rare failure immobilises you for a day . |
| 27 | Simple , quick and satisfying , self-massage prepares you for the day ahead , restoring energy and easing tension from a weary body . |
| 28 | I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it . |
| 29 | But nothing prepares you for four and a half hours climbing up crumbling ice . |
| 30 | The Army prepares you for life , it makes you grow up and learn discipline . |