Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 2 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 3 | When an agent is cutting a deal , he or she needs to leave something for everyone . |
| 4 | Wycliffe put them all back where he had found them for Scales to look at . |
| 5 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |
| 6 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 7 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 8 | You were thinking that I had married her for her money , and that she 'd married me for … all the wrong reasons . |
| 9 | I read both books this year and found them so interesting and closely related , that I decided to use them for my coursework . |
| 10 | Then he said : ‘ You have been so kind to us that I want to do something for you in return . |
| 11 | My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings . |
| 12 | How often is it that I have asked you for money ? |
| 13 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 14 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 16 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 17 | " But you said you wanted this letter to go off this morning , so I 've brought it for you to sign . " |
| 18 | I then could nt bear to listen to the radio for the rest of the half , so I decided to occupy myself for 40 mins . |
| 19 | It is a truism to say that nobody likes paying anything for any service . |
| 20 | Once home — and although she had eaten nothing for several hours — Annette found that she could not face the thought of a meal , even though her husband offered to prepare one for her . |
| 21 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 22 | He saw and understood that she had prepared herself for him . |
| 23 | The offender had a dispute with the victim as a result of the sale by her of his car : the offender claimed that she had sold it for less than it was worth , and had not paid over to him his proper share in the proceeds of the sale . |
| 24 | He pushed through the swing doors and was gone , leaving her close to tears and frantically worried that she had upset him for ever . |
| 25 | You were thinking that I had married her for her money , and that she 'd married me for … all the wrong reasons . |
| 26 | I am glad that she has joined us for the debate . |
| 27 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 28 | Mingling with that of David was Anthony 's , sounding far happier and more relaxed than she had heard it for weeks . |
| 29 | You are now able to see the problem from a higher perspective , knowing that you have created it for a reason . |
| 30 | It assumes that you need to organize it for yourself rather than expecting other people to be responsible for your development . |