Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 2 | My agent had borrowed it for me from a cousin who had gone to New York for six months . |
| 3 | Some man at the college had arranged it for her … she more or less admitted she 'd worked on him . ’ |
| 4 | Well Chairman , you , I think certainly the Po the P and R have asked you for your views , I mean there 's no final er , agreements . |
| 5 | But he has not taken the word of a wiser man on trust , his private test has confirmed it for him . |
| 6 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 7 | Joshua Morris had not invited him to break bread in Clungunford , Clunbury , Clunton or Clun , but Ralph Grunte had booked him for his Warwickshire Tories ' annual dinner and dance . |
| 8 | My husband has to do it for me . |
| 9 | I found out later Sonia had done it for her . |
| 10 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 11 | He was planning on a shave and a slow , hot bath ; he might even throw in some of that stuff that Wayne had bought him for his birthday , that came in a dubious-looking novelty bottle shaped like a tiger 's head . |
| 12 | After the resurrection Jesus had to rebuke them for their dullness before showing them once again — and this time more explicitly — how , like the spokes of a wheel , the whole message of the Bible converged on himself . |
| 13 | It was imperative , as he knew , not to get embroiled in politics , and he had been utterly furious when it appeared that architect Rod Hackney had done it for him . |
| 14 | Carolyn commented on them , and for once incurred Bryony 's pleased attention , as she explained how a friend had made them for her to an ancient design , and that unlike any shoes you could buy , they were made to last a lifetime , were completely healthy and natural , and did not threaten to deform the foot or posture in any way . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean — Mary has forgiven him for what happened . |
| 16 | ‘ Heathcliff has sent me for his son , and I ca n't go back without him , ’ he said . |
| 17 | From the start , Beth had seen him for what he really was . |
| 18 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 19 | The woman had taunted him for his lack of passion and forthrightness and she had walked off with one of the young dockers . |
| 20 | Ronnie is just glad it 's all over , and aware that his past acting career had prepared him for his ordeal . |
| 21 | He was pleased about the trip and it was clear that Ana had planned it for him and for her own secret reasons . |
| 22 | It came as a shock as I had visited Jack two weeks earlier , having travelled down to Shergold Guitars in Romford to collect my Burns Marvin after Jack had refurbished it for me . |
| 23 | The twenty-first century 4-D representations had prepared me for something horrific ; yet my impression was of features more frightening than strictly horrifying . |
| 24 | He certainly owed money but none of his creditors needed to obtain a writ to have him confined when the Government had arrested him for them . |
| 25 | And if the government had provided it for his use , why was it now prosecuting him for using it ? |
| 26 | At an earlier meeting , Bobby Lawrence had asked me for my initial reaction to the management buying the company . |
| 27 | Not that the Irish manager , Noel Murphy , has too many doubts : ‘ If only the Irish selectors had chosen him for their second game instead of bringing him in halfway through the campaign , he would be inked in by now . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , Florian Jones had organised it for me . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes the people that owned the book had to pay it for them you know . |
| 30 | and I did n't even like it so the doctor had to change it for me |