Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 2 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 3 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 4 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
| 5 | I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage . |
| 6 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
| 7 | Now the eight twelves are killing you for the same reason . ’ |
| 8 | You can adopt an ant for £20 — which some people may consider a little extreme , considering a scorpion will sting you for the same amount . |