Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I have to wait for you I 'll wait forever cos your eggs are not done |
| 2 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 3 | And the Cid sent for all his friends and his kinsmen and vassals , and told them how King Don Alfonso had banished him from the land , and asked for them who would follow him into banishment , and who would remain at home . |
| 4 | So while he 's looking for you somebody could run out and kick the tin , there you go and fetch him , and if he 'd caught anybody and when you kicked that tin the other , well you could all go and hide . |
| 5 | Oh right , I 'll and then she 's moaning at him cos she wants to go and post it and you were mucking about with your C D thing or something and you were saying wait for me I 'll do this then I 'll miss the post . |
| 6 | I 'll clear my desk anything I 've got for you I 'll tell you privately . |
| 7 | If the maid had arrived and was waiting for them she would have to be driven back to Mondano . |
| 8 | If his mother did n't stand outside waiting for him he 'd spend the money on something important , like caps for his gun and comics . |
| 9 | You know the sort of thing : There once was a would be MP Who said if you do n't vote for me I 'll scream and I 'll shout Might knock myself out And probably fall into the sea . |
| 10 | Without scruple politicians use fear as a persuasion weapon , targeting psychological needs : ‘ If you do n't vote for us you will lose freedom of choice/risk maltreatment under the NHS/deprive your children of good education/lessen the chance of losing the roof over your head . ’ |
| 11 | I suppose looking back on what I said at the time it was true and I did really love you and I still do but now it 's not sexual or romantic , it was n't sexual then because my mind was too pure and partly because you were such a huge chunk of my life , one seventh , and I think I always will do n't know what that 's su oh it 's love you I suppose for you it must have been such a small thing and at fifteen stroke sixteen you can probably only just remember me I was fourteen actually I was the middle son who was n't properly blond unlike the brothers and hung around near you far too much . |
| 12 | All right I 'll try for you I 'll try for you I 'll see if I can O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 13 | All right I 'll try for you I 'll try for you I 'll see if I can O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 14 | If people must pay for it they will take its effects into account in making private decisions and there will no longer be market failure . |
| 15 | ‘ Surely , if you 've worked for him you must know what I mean . ’ |
| 16 | I tell you what you can get for it you can have erm a make-up bag with a string of pearls in they 're not real one you can have er more of that moist erm tissue stuff er a bag with sweetener things in it there 's er a video about a Biggin Air Show and loads of marshmallows too for Kids ' County number two here 's the clues , It 's got barbed wire around it its made of wood it 's long . |
| 17 | So he knew that if he instructed Marshalls to act for him they would charge him their normal fees for their work . |
| 18 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If the knackers had bid for him I would have outbid him and kept him myself , I do n't care how much it would have cost , ’ she says . |
| 20 | And if you work for me you 'll take it seriously . |
| 21 | If you have an architect , surveyor or agent working for you they will do this for you . |