Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 32 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 33 | I won one for the poem and one for the song . |
| 34 | I said it for the crack , to wind you up . |
| 35 | ‘ I thank you for the honour , Duart , ’ Hector said formally . |
| 36 | ‘ I thank you for the warning , sir , ’ Theda said demurely , ‘ and will hope to be forgiven for so wantonly playing the temptress . ’ |
| 37 | I 'm not offended , and I thank you for the jade . |
| 38 | I thank you for the interest shown and hope that t is reply answers some of your questions . |
| 39 | I shot one for the museum . |
| 40 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 41 | Oh , I care nothing for the will . |
| 42 | I blame myself for the things that happened later . |
| 43 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
| 44 | Tough shit really , but I soften it for the sake of the delicacies of future interaction . |
| 45 | When he told Mrs Race , she clouted the boy across the face and her remark became one of our family jokes : ‘ I would n't care , I wanted it for the lamp . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ I do n't drink ordinary beer for the taste : I drink it for the alcohol . ’ |
| 47 | Well you got me for the day today , cos I ca n't go now until I fetch the car . |
| 48 | ‘ You mean one for the road ? ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Do n't you want 'em for the BVM ? ’ |
| 50 | Levellers will perform in front of 70 , people during the tour , and already well over 50 , tickets have been snapped up , so get cracking if you want one for the Belfast gig . |
| 51 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | She added something for the panel to remember her by — sheer seamed black tights with black and grey checked flat shoes and , on the lapel of her jacket , a blue glass antique brooch . |
| 54 | She blames him for the break-up of the coterie . |
| 55 | She done it for the burial club money . |
| 56 | No , how about the men , do you do anything for the men ? |
| 57 | So , have you done it for the deadline ? |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | She blamed herself for the way Tina was , though she did not know what she had done wrong , and she blamed herself for not trying harder to keep Tina in her house when she wanted to go off to Jarvis Stringer 's . |