Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her shocked lethargy , she seemed content to let Valerie run around after her and do everything for her . |
| 2 | ‘ Valerie , ’ the editor of the Mail on Sunday said to me once , after I had filed a neat and convincing piece on an earthquake the ground had trembled beneath me in Rome , where Lou was playing with the London Symphonic and a wall had fallen on top of me and trapped me for two hours — ‘ you are the mistress of controlled reportage . |
| 3 | erm , you do n't like looking through it , but can I just look through for you and learn it for you . |
| 4 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 5 | There is often a tendency to stand too far back in an attempt to approach footstraps : this makes lots of fast-sounding gurgling noises in the water behind you but does nothing for board speed . |
| 6 | Claudia Arbuthnot was never cross with him or punished him for anything . |
| 7 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 8 | er he would back his with a little encouragement from me he 'd back his lorry right into it and flatten it for you . |
| 9 | You will take my dyes , my remedies , my secrets away from me and use them for others . |
| 10 | ‘ No , absolutely not , though people can take information from it and use it for that purpose if they 're so minded . |
| 11 | The draftsman should therefore consider whether the landlord should have the right to enter the demise for other purposes also ( eg testing the property , taking samples from it or measuring it for the purpose of rent review ) . |
| 12 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
| 13 | so you can go to them and ask them for advice and they ca n't give it , because there 's not that link back to where you know |
| 14 | Sometimes the English Catholics write to me and ask me for help , and sometimes I write to them . |
| 15 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 16 | But at the funeral , in a fit of hysteria , she turned on me and blamed me for causing her father 's death . |
| 17 | We , the young people of this area , extend our greetings to you and thank you for listening to us on this Youth Sunday . |
| 18 | Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’ |
| 19 | The HMI document The Curriculum from 5 to 16 suggests that ‘ all that pupils learn should be practical , and therefore relevant , in ways which enable them to build on it or use it for their own purposes in everyday life ’ . |
| 20 | Occupied by its clichés , its principles , and its strategies , the sick mind of the central colourless figure unwittingly deploys subversive discursive counter-strategies that turn these ‘ conventional weapons ’ back on themselves and expose them for what they are . |
| 21 | I 've never even managed to get through a job interview , even if it 's a woman doing the interviewing ; I just have this feeling that she is looking at me and judging me for all the wrong reasons . |