Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 2 | This is what allows you to adjust the colours and mix and match them for your new palette . |
| 3 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ One is always grateful for that kind of comic genius who takes your script and plays it for everything that 's in it , ’ as Shaffer told me . |
| 5 | The amount of compensation reflects the fact that he is out of work and compensates him for his losses . |
| 6 | presented him with a huge pepper mill and thanked him for his hard work . |
| 7 | He adds : ‘ I write this letter to you in desperate search for help — let God hear my prayers for help and choose you for his messenger . ’ |
| 8 | Now I 'll get off my bottom and get it for you . ’ |
| 9 | Has he ever tried to push a wheelchair and try it for himself ? |
| 10 | He rang her just before lunch and recommended us for their pets . |
| 11 | Already I 've heard aghast whispers about the details of the Milwaukee cannibal : ‘ Do you know , ’ they hiss in your ear , ‘ he cut out one chap 's bicep , fried it on a griddle and ate it for his breakfast ? ’ |
| 12 | Thank you for the bouquet of flowers sent to me on behalf of all our local branch AND Thank you for my other flowers later , ‘ when maybe I needed them even more ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We wish , my brother and I , we wish you to take some of our money and to invest it for us in — in such places where you invest your own . ’ |
| 14 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
| 15 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 16 | These are the sort of things we 'd say to a good person in a formal situation , erm , you 're reliable , trustworthy , you know , we can rely on you to do a good job for us , doing your job well and with enthusiasm , when left in charge there 's been no problems , you 're responsible and flexible , you 're conscientious , I can trust you for , to do a good job and thank you for your contribution to the team . |
| 17 | On the basis of the principle of participation , for example , it is possible for man to justify controlling nature and using it for his own ends . |
| 18 | Chaplin and Keaton came into movies from a vaudeville background in which they had seen poverty and experienced it for themselves . |
| 19 | A brave reporter thrust a microphone under his nose and asked him for his comments . |
| 20 | Strip away the insincerity and the hype from the music business and see it for what it is , a jungle . |
| 21 | Position a different 6 people 5 metres away from the same wall and ask them for their estimates . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's called feminism , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I hope you never get it , because it is absolutely awful and it makes you swell up to an enormous size and when you have it really badly you go round bonking men on the head and blaming them for everything . |
| 23 | To steal his knowledge and use it for their own wicked ends . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Incidentally , if I deliberately breached a power of attorney and exploited it for my own benefit — although I ca n't think how that would be possible — I would be struck off the Roll of Solicitors by the Law Society . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ For I called on the sea to bear me away , and I came down to this isle and took it for my own . |
| 26 | Once , she would not only have poured his coffee for him , she would have spooned in the sugar and stirred it for him , too . |
| 27 | You can also turn to a professional dog trainer , who will take your dog and train it for you . |
| 28 | He led her to the door and opened it for her . |
| 29 | He took a dressing-gown from the back of the door and held it for her . |
| 30 | Searle was a rogue and used it for his own purposes . |