Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the butler had never said or intimated anything untoward , Michael had grown up with prejudice long enough to recognize it for what it was . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , it 's got nothing to do with business , ’ Alison replied with a laugh that ever so gently reprimanded me for my mercantile preoccupations . |
| 3 | Unlike Napoleon 's mother , Elena Petrescu left no memorable quotation or hint that peasant-wisdom had perhaps already prepared her for her world to be turned downside-up again . |
| 4 | Her mother so seldom asked her for anything , she realised with a jolt . |
| 5 | The voyage will certainly be a very expensive one but I doubt not my work will have a great sale in consequence and if so amply repay me for my exertions . |
| 6 | I understand you did not even pay her for her work . |
| 7 | And I had not even asked him for his name ! |
| 8 | Also , if anybody 's not actually paid me for their book that they actually purchased last week , I 'm open to accept payment today . |
| 9 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |
| 10 | Er agai once again thank you for your time and attendance this morning . |
| 11 | A year before his death , Charles had written to Lord Mountbatten , once again thanking him for his help . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , sir , I would , and before you dismiss that story , I 'd like to take you out there to hear it for yourself . ’ |
| 13 | He was n't just doing it for himself any more . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't just take it for nothing can I ? |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't exactly do it for nothing , ’ Nelson said . |
| 16 | Yeah , do n't usually get them for nothing |
| 17 | He does n't really want it for anything , but he is n't keen on having what he calls a flock of children on his land . |
| 18 | He might have had the last word , but he had n't really forgiven her for her temerity in trying to put him down . |
| 19 | And then she says with a faint show of importance , ‘ Of course the people here simply love me for it . |
| 20 | I said well I 'm trying to I said this bloke what happens to be my oldest brother I said , and he wo n't even tow it for me ! |
| 21 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 22 | Andrew , is there a feature in this plan called waiver of premium , what these means to you is that if you 're off ill for a long period of time , through accident , ill-health , whatever , Abbey will actually still pay them for you , until you 're well again . |
| 23 | I am therefore today asking you for her hand , for no one else is capable of making me happy nor more fitted to wear a crown . |