Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 2 | My agent had borrowed it for me from a cousin who had gone to New York for six months . |
| 3 | Some man at the college had arranged it for her … she more or less admitted she 'd worked on him . ’ |
| 4 | But he has not taken the word of a wiser man on trust , his private test has confirmed it for him . |
| 5 | My husband has to do it for me . |
| 6 | Carolyn commented on them , and for once incurred Bryony 's pleased attention , as she explained how a friend had made them for her to an ancient design , and that unlike any shoes you could buy , they were made to last a lifetime , were completely healthy and natural , and did not threaten to deform the foot or posture in any way . |
| 7 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 8 | The woman had taunted him for his lack of passion and forthrightness and she had walked off with one of the young dockers . |
| 9 | Ronnie is just glad it 's all over , and aware that his past acting career had prepared him for his ordeal . |
| 10 | He certainly owed money but none of his creditors needed to obtain a writ to have him confined when the Government had arrested him for them . |
| 11 | And if the government had provided it for his use , why was it now prosecuting him for using it ? |
| 12 | Sometimes the people that owned the book had to pay it for them you know . |
| 13 | and I did n't even like it so the doctor had to change it for me |
| 14 | Mum had found them for me in the house at Lochgair . |
| 15 | If my aunts ' upbringing had prepared me for anything , it was for just this sort of agitation . |
| 16 | As I was pulling on the worn satin slippers I thought of the new ones my sister had bought me for her wedding . |
| 17 | As the Secretary of State was never coy about telling us that he opposed the directive , will he tell us — as there is a meeting on Wednesday , I assume that he has made up his mind about whether he will agree to that part of the social charter — whether he has changed his mind or whether the Prime Minister has changed it for him ? |
| 18 | They 're proud of their DIY achievements , which they often find better — and a lot more satisfying — than if a professional had done it for them . |
| 19 | Lovell was a Bristol poet of minor talents whose rich Quaker family had disowned him for his marriage that year to a beautiful actress called Mary Fricker , one of five sisters already well known to Southey . |
| 20 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 21 | When her father formed the view that the car he and her mother had bought her for her eighteenth birthday was more roadworthy than Cara 's outwardly smart but inwardly not so clever vehicle , it was decided that they would use her regularly serviced Volkswagen Polo for the trip . |
| 22 | It were real they were really good blankets my mother had bought them for us for er er wedding present |
| 23 | You can rent a week or a fortnight in one , or buy a share in one , but Cal 's family have bought theirs for themselves . |