Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 3 | Erm and while I was married I bought it back for twenty and a few months later I sell it for ten pound . |
| 4 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 5 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 6 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 7 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 8 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 9 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 10 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 11 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 12 | I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to . |
| 13 | In despair , I did nothing for another week . |
| 14 | ‘ I thank you for that assurance , my lord , ’ said the queen-dowager tremulously , drawing closer the still-sleeping prince . |
| 15 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 16 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 17 | Although major developments in the ecosystem were largely external to biogeography until the 1960s , Stoddart ( 1967b , p. 524 ) argued that the ecosystem concept has four main properties which commend it for geographical investigation . |
| 18 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 19 | The curriculum for most young people who have left school involves academic or vocational courses which prepare them for specific adult roles . |
| 20 | oh , ca n't you swop it for another day ? |
| 21 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 22 | So what did she say about the money when you tried her for less money ? |
| 23 | Cheerful , and unaware of the failures at the southern lock , he urged on young Watson , who steeled himself for another attempt at breaking through the place . |
| 24 | She loathed herself for such pettiness , but she was so helplessly without any control over their relationship that pride or all that remained of it demanded that she administer these little pricks to his satisfaction , although she knew she had no hope of succeeding in puncturing it properly . |
| 25 | You owe me for this candy , the mother . |
| 26 | She paid me for this week and she said well I you 've got ninety pound here |
| 27 | Because Boo had not been seen for so long by Maycomb , he was turned into a scapegoat by the adults who blamed him for any thing and every thing that went wrong , and the children thought of him as a terrible monster with blood dripping from his mouth who ate squirrels . |
| 28 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 29 | He was no more blind than you or I. Did n't you recognize him for that man we gave a ride to on the road ? |
| 30 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |