Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 When he or she does we ask for details like what club they are in and what experience they 've had ’ .
2 within a reasonable area to order the things that she feels she wants for herself
3 Erm and the meeting felt that it asks it asks for for views from local parties and we felt that the amount of money
4 A people without religion will in the end find that it has nothing to live for .
5 Perhaps the most potent advantage for adult education is that it sees itself catering for developing learning needs over the whole adult age range .
6 ‘ Then let's go and talk to the señora , and see if she likes you to work for her , Lina . ’
7 so er is a waste of space so and he works he works for so er that 's stuff it
8 My brother was sacked by a Tory council many years ago in Derbyshire because he had the guts to take it on , and he has nothing to apologise for .
9 The Bradwell School Board in the beginning comprised Rev A.C. Woodhouse , Messrs Ward , Wyllie , C.W. Powell ( Solicitor ) , and it appears they struggled for some years .
10 Keegan responded : ‘ It sounds like he wants me to stay for 10 years .
11 The incommodiousness of Scotch windows keeps them very closely shut … even in houses well built and elegantly furnished , a stranger may be sometimes forgiven if he allows himself to wish for fresher air . ’
12 Rachel cheers me up by saying she was leaving anyhow , and if he wants her to pay for the night then she will and to hell with it .
13 The child can have his football boots because the words ‘ we ca n't afford it ’ will be linked to the long-gone and not-lamented past : the tyrant can not control against the will of the subject because he can not frighten his people with notions of helplessness and poverty : the employer will have to charm and wheedle his workers if he wants them to work for him : he will have to sing and dance to entertain them : enthuse them with pleasure for their daily toil : they will be paid with the world 's respect , and all around them there will be abundance .
14 He has a well-paid job but he expects her to pay for the family car
15 But it means you work for me for the rest of your life to pay me back . ’
16 This Simone has come directly from playing the Dame of pantomime and maintains that character from her very first entrance when she shakes a tablecloth out of the window and then furiously throws every vegetable in sight at Colas because she finds him waiting for Lise .
17 You will find this card a real boon anywhere in Europe because it allows you to pay for goods and services with eurocheques , just as you do with ordinary cheques at home .
18 ‘ Only there is a young lady as lodges with me , who asks me every day what Mrs Browning writes and is eager to know for she announces she lives for your poetry . ’
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