Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've had a good festival this year with no major incidents at all , and this has really spoilt it for everybody . |
| 2 | A physicist colleague has kindly calculated them for me . |
| 3 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 4 | They 've all bought it for nothing . ’ |
| 5 | You 've just confirmed it for me . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |
| 7 | It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery . |
| 8 | I 've never asked them for anything before … then all of a sudden , you become partly dependent on them … it 's very difficult . |
| 9 | I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling . |
| 10 | You know damn well I 've never blamed you for what happened that night ; it was one of those risks we had to take . |
| 11 | He had never asked her for her heart . |
| 12 | Dimas had reportedly clashed with the Prime Minister 's wife , Marika Mitsotakis , who had publicly reprimanded him for his behaviour towards Greek industrialists accompanying the official party . |
| 13 | A lot of couples involved with our singles ministry have taken the challenge of ‘ hands-off ’ courting and have since thanked us for it , even though at the time they wondered if they could not get by with something a bit less conservative . |
| 14 | She went towards the second door , and Michael hurried ahead to open it for her . |
| 15 | I do n't eat prepared food myself , so I have never liked it for my terrier . |