Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 2 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 3 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 4 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 5 | That she does it for the money , which symbolises affection , emotional security and personal achievement . |
| 6 | Well , the you 've heard , I 've heard some people being nasty and , and they did n't say no , but it was always , not always it was occasionally done grudgingly , and , and erm in many cases of course it was done willingly , you know come in yes please do , and , and they did n't even want the penny that , that you offered them for the telephone call . |
| 7 | My recommendation is that we scrap them for the ten year decade of evangelism as a trial period and then think again in AD 2000 ! |
| 8 | ‘ Most of the people around the business know how to use Lotus , so we use it for the majority of our day-to-day work , the smaller and the one-off jobs . |
| 9 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 10 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 11 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 12 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 13 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 14 | Erm first of all if I may just er point out that the example I put with my paper that I have submitted today , and I thank you for the er indulgence in allowing me to produce it so late , was simply that there was one particular appeal of decision where an inspector remarked particularly on the lack of a local or a development plan policy relating to generally relating to the countryside . |
| 15 | I 'm not offended , and I thank you for the jade . |
| 16 | and I like it for the the sports , like the |
| 17 | My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’ |
| 18 | It required absolutely no breaking in and I wore it for the first time on a nine hour Scottish hill day during the May heatwave in complete comfort . |
| 19 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 20 | ‘ And I owe you for the taxi . ’ |
| 21 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 23 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |
| 24 | Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert . |
| 25 | Have you therefore reassessed the western relief road 's benefits on the base that y you will have now at that point in time both a southern A fifty nine , A one link and a southern northern link , if you want it for the A sixty one north of Harrogate . |
| 26 | and then if you needed it for the further education you could use it |
| 27 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |
| 28 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 29 | Suppose you 're an expert document examiner outside the service and they call you for the defence . |
| 30 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |