Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 2 | EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price . |
| 3 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 4 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 5 | Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim . |
| 6 | I use it for a wide sleeve gathered in at the bottom and I have knitted the main part of the garment with a 2x1 welt . |
| 7 | I respect them for the medieval certainty of their beliefs and for the casuistical cunning of their arguments . |
| 8 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 9 | ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’ |
| 10 | I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric ’ output — all gung-ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple ’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony ’ is an extremely dull affair . |
| 11 | I thank him for a speedy and compassionate response . |
| 12 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 13 | Thus , if in a set of decimals to be compared , the longest one really is the smallest , it will attract such pupils when they are asked to pick out the smallest as well as those who select it for the correct reason . |
| 14 | ‘ If you invite someone , you invite them for the whole day . ’ |
| 15 | No matter how worthwhile a project seems we attack it for the hidden and sinister purposes behind it . |
| 16 | ‘ Then what happens is , we take him for a little ride out to the Crumbles . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |
| 18 | He had n't seen her eat anything for a long time . |
| 19 | you know they take them for a little visit so they get used to the school before they go , which is a good idea , I mean we were just thrown in |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |