Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It only remained for us to forgive one another , and for my part I gladly forgave him for anything that might still need forgiveness .
2 I rather fancied him for myself . ’
3 I 've got to be made to realize that I only love him for what I can get out of it .
4 I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication — and envied his super brain-power .
5 Problem No. 12 : I must go and hang out my son 's washing as he has n't got a machine yet , I still do it for him .
6 My regard for your daughter has in no way diminished ; I still want her for my wife .
7 I liked the idea of other people feeling sorry for me , even though I also despised them for it , because I was n't worth their sympathy and that made them fools .
8 Or had someone else done it for her ?
9 The , in analysis you do n't get er someone else to do it for you or you do n't get the therapist to play the role of your ego which is really what happens in this suggestion .
10 ‘ We are quite capable of running our own piggy bank , without asking someone else to do it for us . ’
11 Each task must be judged in terms of the basic question : Do I need to do this or could someone else do it for me ?
12 ‘ Perhaps you could find someone else to pay you for your story , ’ suggested Oliver as he ushered Tim out on to the stairs .
13 He 'd have got someone else to write it for him .
14 The back : Naturally , you can not do your own as soothingly as someone else doing it for you .
15 But I never wanted it for myself , in spite of what everyone thought .
16 I ca n't shake a lingering vision of her straining eagerly against Casey , and I half blame her for it as if it were true .
17 Why is n't there somebody there to bag them for me and create a service ?
18 Luckily we had a strong team and managed to gain a lot of points which ultimately clinched it for us . ’
19 ‘ All it means is you ca n't sort yourself out and you are asking somebody else to do it for you . ’
20 Blackmail somebody else to do it for you .
21 A good little program , even if you only want it for its entertainment value .
22 She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me .
23 She 's taking advantage of him , she only wants him for his money .
24 You just ask him for one !
25 ‘ Of course , ’ she said , ‘ I know you still blame me for what happened at Angmering . ’
26 Could you possibly remove it for me ? ’
27 The outing was set up by her former Tory MP , the late Richard Holt , who also fixed it for her to take her first flight — an 80-minute trip over the Bay of Biscay in Concorde — when she was 109 .
28 I took my poor mouth to Martha McGilchrist , who exasperatedly drained it for me .
29 Though he attempted a detailed rebuttal , chapter by chapter , Milton himself had to admit that ‘ Some men have by policy accomplished after death that revenge upon their enemies which in life they were not able ’ , and that ‘ they who before hated him for his high government , nay fought against him with displayed banners in the field , now applaud him for the wisest and most religious prince that lived ’ .
30 She even asked her for them ; she asked her what she thought she should do .
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