Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 2 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Most of the people around the business know how to use Lotus , so we use it for the majority of our day-to-day work , the smaller and the one-off jobs . |
| 5 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 6 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 8 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | and then if you needed it for the further education you could use it |
| 12 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 13 | Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks . |
| 14 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , like , ten minutes ago , because I need it for the next programme . ’ |
| 16 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 17 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 18 | Instinctively her hand drew the sheet higher before she chided herself for the gesture . |
| 19 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 20 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 21 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 22 | Oh when I do it for the week I 'm gon na get a twenty five pound voucher for Marks and Spencers . |
| 23 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 24 | The following is a typical example of the character of the RAF as I saw it for the first time about a couple of months after I got to Baghdad . |
| 25 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 26 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 27 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
| 28 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 30 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |