Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always before he had only had to touch me for me to be ready for the final act which we 'd always denied ourselves ; there was no reason to suppose that would n't happen again . |
| 2 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 3 | She is a cold , unfeeling and unresponsive woman : she must be , or Hugo would not have left her for me . |
| 4 | I realized I just had to accept him for what he was , and when I learnt to do that , he did the same to me - accepted me without question , in all my imperfection , in all that made me unworthy of him . |
| 5 | Benny was such a big girl , she could hardly have wanted them for herself . |
| 6 | And if I do n't have quiet now you 'll probably have to get him for me . |
| 7 | My husband should really have kept him for himself , but he believed that I should try to change his luck . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , we would n't have missed it for anything ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for anything . ’ |
| 10 | We would n't have missed it for anything . |
| 11 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |
| 12 | An ancient animal with 5 per cent of an eye might indeed have used it for something other than sight , but it seems to me at least as likely that it used it for 5 per cent vision . |
| 13 | If you leave your gear on stage , you may find that someone else has moved it for you , and they wo n't be as careful as you . |
| 14 | ‘ I would never have asked you for anything ! ’ she protested proudly . |