Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 I mean I 've done it for love ! ’
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 He says I have done it for twenty eight years and it has n't had any effect .
5 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 .
6 I just hope she gets arrested herself for wasting police time .
7 ‘ I hope you 've brought one for yourself , Frau Schmidt .
8 Miss Evans had become Auntie Lou and it seemed they had known her for ever .
9 From her encouraging smile I realised she had suggested me for something .
10 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 .
11 When police approached Robert Francis , who was in possession of the caravan , he claimed he had bought it for £2,000 from a colleague .
12 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 .
13 ‘ 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 .
14 the same a as what Ann had for theirs I mean we 've had it for a year and paid all that rent .
15 Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that .
16 ‘ And when you change the formula you know you 've changed it for every single product . ’
17 ‘ Our boxes are environmentally-friendly and if you buy a bacon storer you know you have got it for life . ’
18 I do n't know why , but I feel I 've known you for years . ’
19 However , suppose we have proved it for all finite P , Q , R. ( We will shortly do this . )
20 I do nt think they ve had one for a few years .
21 I knew I 'd got something for your Dad . ’
22 Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute
23 Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy .
24 Does it mean you 've got something for me already ? ’
25 ‘ I thought you 'd known them for years .
26 And because he thought she had followed him for just that purpose ?
27 He knew I needed the money and he knew he 'd got me for for a he 'd have got me up at six o'clock in the morning if he 'd have needed me .
28 I do nt think he has done anything for the national game .
29 Trying to pretend he had mistaken her for someone else was obviously not going to work .
30 Mm Dave Allen 's on that as well the only bit , I think I 've set it for the Beast Master ai n't I ?
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