Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [vb pp] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joshua Morris had not invited him to break bread in Clungunford , Clunbury , Clunton or Clun , but Ralph Grunte had booked him for his Warwickshire Tories ' annual dinner and dance . |
| 2 | I found out later Sonia had done it for her . |
| 3 | But a stray recollection of a golliwog Maurice had given her for her fifth birthday undid the effect in an instant and she reached Swans ' Meadow with her eyes red and face blotchy from tears , only to find to her surprise that Ursula was in a similar condition . |
| 4 | He was planning on a shave and a slow , hot bath ; he might even throw in some of that stuff that Wayne had bought him for his birthday , that came in a dubious-looking novelty bottle shaped like a tiger 's head . |
| 5 | It was imperative , as he knew , not to get embroiled in politics , and he had been utterly furious when it appeared that architect Rod Hackney had done it for him . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean — Mary has forgiven him for what happened . |
| 7 | ‘ Heathcliff has sent me for his son , and I ca n't go back without him , ’ he said . |
| 8 | From the start , Beth had seen him for what he really was . |
| 9 | He was pleased about the trip and it was clear that Ana had planned it for him and for her own secret reasons . |
| 10 | It came as a shock as I had visited Jack two weeks earlier , having travelled down to Shergold Guitars in Romford to collect my Burns Marvin after Jack had refurbished it for me . |
| 11 | At an earlier meeting , Bobby Lawrence had asked me for my initial reaction to the management buying the company . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , Florian Jones had organised it for me . ’ |
| 13 | Stanley 's had it for me |
| 14 | Great-Aunt Alicia had redecorated it for her , many years ago . |
| 15 | She confessed that Sally-Anne had written them on old ones Miss Laura had collected on earlier trips , and Miss Laura had posted them for her , to deceive us . |
| 16 | ‘ Laura 's just an old friend , ’ he said , knowing it was hopeless , that he had blown it or rather that Laura had blown it for him , and found he was speaking to the back of her neck . |
| 17 | And when , after lunch , she came downstairs in her new outfit , bought from Selfridge 's last week with the money which J. D. O'Connor had paid her for her articles , and with her next two articles in her bag , ready to be handed in to the great man himself before she returned to the rectory to pick up Rose Bailey , whose time off did not begin until four-thirty , both Dr Neil and Matey thought that she looked enchanting . |
| 18 | She pushed it back , and wiped the same hand on the Beatrix Potter apron Harriet had made her for her birthday . |
| 19 | No sooner was Lydia 's wedding to Tobias over , than Bob Lamb had approached him for his permission to pay court to Martha , with a view to eventual marriage . |