Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 2 | Other times she made me promise to keep them for ever , to remember her by , and say a prayer She was a bit vague who it was I was to pray to . |
| 3 | I mean I 've done it for love ! ’ |
| 4 | But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with . |
| 5 | ‘ If they want to go at a certain pace and not become a Top Five singles band you have to respect them for it . |
| 6 | His tousled hair gave him an appealingly boyish appearance , and Robbie found herself aching to smooth it for him , to run her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks . |
| 7 | The old hut 's been converted into a flower-shop , but the cabbies say they wanted to keep it for themselves . |
| 8 | So you see they were having a difference of opinion over that and he 's saying you should n't , you should 've left it all to me and she says I 've done it for last fifty year and , you know , all this . |
| 9 | He says I have done it for twenty eight years and it has n't had any effect . |
| 10 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 11 | I just hope she gets arrested herself for wasting police time . |
| 12 | ‘ I hope you 've brought one for yourself , Frau Schmidt . |
| 13 | Miss Evans had become Auntie Lou and it seemed they had known her for ever . |
| 14 | From her encouraging smile I realised she had suggested me for something . |
| 15 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 16 | When police approached Robert Francis , who was in possession of the caravan , he claimed he had bought it for £2,000 from a colleague . |
| 17 | He had been found asleep on the floor of a taxi outside a night club and claimed he had hired it for the evening as his bedroom . |
| 18 | ‘ Simon reckoned he 'd adored you for years and that he intended to be that boyfriend , and he 'd make it happen by ensuring the two of you were together as much as possible . |
| 19 | the same a as what Ann had for theirs I mean we 've had it for a year and paid all that rent . |
| 20 | And he added : ‘ It is important to me that the boys know I offered to do it for nothing . ’ |
| 21 | I forgot to I know I forgot to record it for you . |
| 22 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 23 | ‘ And when you change the formula you know you 've changed it for every single product . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Our boxes are environmentally-friendly and if you buy a bacon storer you know you have got it for life . ’ |
| 25 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 26 | I do n't know why , but I feel I 've known you for years . ’ |
| 27 | I suppose you want to keep it for your wedding night ? ’ |
| 28 | However , suppose we have proved it for all finite P , Q , R. ( We will shortly do this . ) |
| 29 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 30 | Steve had done several pieces for solo instruments with tape , and he decided he wanted to do one for guitar . |