Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children were the first to greet me , their brown eyes looking up , asking silently and then audibly for presents , knowing that my cases must hold something for each of them , if only a ribbon or a sweet . |
| 2 | Every little thing concerning Jacob turned into a private battle between Rachel and I. When I gave birth to Reuben , I believed that my husband must love me for giving him a son . |
| 3 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 4 | If I discuss safer sex my partner will leave me for someone else |
| 5 | If I discuss safer sex my partner will leave me for someone else |
| 6 | I do n't know but he would n't , he would n't have it cooked aboard there , my mother used to cook it for him and I 'd stagger down in an ordinary shopping basket , in two basins there 'd be vegetables in one and his pudding and gravy in the other and I used to take that down for him and he used to come ashore and he used to then go and have it . |
| 7 | The 200 units under her command should brace themselves for a forthright style . |
| 8 | In his own life it had always been he who was the supplicant , telephoning Diana from call boxes on his rounds in the hope of closing some nagging gap of intimacy left at breakfast , and always having to hide the agony of dread that her casualness could cause him for fear of the danger of irritating her . |
| 9 | So , Ace had hoped her father would do something for him ? |
| 10 | It 's a folly that was built by the Earl and Countess of Coventry so all their friends could see it for miles around . |
| 11 | Their holiday will sustain them for up to 18 months . |
| 12 | We Westerners may take them for granted as part of the furniture of any self-respecting office and available to all on every high street . |
| 13 | The pet shop where his grandad had bought him his hamster called Hammer and his goldfish called Sickle and where his nan used to take them for resurrection when they died . |
| 14 | Your GP can refer you for therapy if appropriate and may also know of any specialist help available locally . |