Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always before he had only had to touch me for me to be ready for the final act which we 'd always denied ourselves ; there was no reason to suppose that would n't happen again . |
| 2 | I realized I just had to accept him for what he was , and when I learnt to do that , he did the same to me - accepted me without question , in all my imperfection , in all that made me unworthy of him . |
| 3 | Benny was such a big girl , she could hardly have wanted them for herself . |
| 4 | And if I do n't have quiet now you 'll probably have to get him for me . |
| 5 | My husband should really have kept him for himself , but he believed that I should try to change his luck . ’ |
| 6 | An ancient animal with 5 per cent of an eye might indeed have used it for something other than sight , but it seems to me at least as likely that it used it for 5 per cent vision . |
| 7 | If you leave your gear on stage , you may find that someone else has moved it for you , and they wo n't be as careful as you . |
| 8 | ‘ I would never have asked you for anything ! ’ she protested proudly . |