Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their advertising was persuasive and their prices attractive , on the surface , so I fell for it like so many others . |
| 2 | ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too . |
| 3 | He was forced to sell his Thames-side mansion at Bray , Berkshire , for £1.5million — £700,000 less than he paid for it in 1988 . |
| 4 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |
| 5 | By this time , he believed there were no suitable ‘ mature ’ actresses left , so he looked for someone with the necessary vocal ability . |
| 6 | Cos I mean for someone like me , I was saying that like , before I used to say to you I would n't eat all day , right ? |
| 7 | The fairy Grandmarina appears , and gives Alicia a magic fishbone that will bring her whatever she wishes for ‘ provided she wishes for it at the right time ’ . |
| 8 | But we will only win if you vote for us on 3rd May . |
| 9 | But we will only win if you vote for us on 3rd May . |
| 10 | If we ask for them by name they 'll think we know them from somewhere . ’ |
| 11 | I wonder if it counts for anything at all when it comes to expressing more profound thought . |
| 12 | For example , injury or damage caused by the use of woodworking machinery [ other than portable tools ] may be specifically excluded unless you ask for it to be included and pay an additional premium . |
| 13 | 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Not at all , ’ said Sally-Anne , ‘ and before you plead for me with Matey let me tell you that you will have your tea salted and your eggs sugared every breakfast if you do any such thing . |
| 15 | I was told that the manager had gone to lunch , and when I asked for him to be bleeped I was told again that he had gone to lunch and that he had left his bleep at the switchboard — all in a tone that suggested that this was standard behaviour . |
| 16 | As I search for it on the pavement , one of the girls says , ‘ Look at the yid licking the gutters for pennies . ’ |
| 17 | Six months later , when she asked for it to be given to Arrowe Park Hospital , which saved her son 's life , she was told the money was in a ‘ suspense account ’ . |
| 18 | She says she needs to gather up , in her post-modern skirt , all the creative , affirmative , intellectual parts of her childhood ; she needs to know how her folk survived , and when she looks for them in England , on TV , at the theatre , in art galleries , in advertising , they 're invisible . |
| 19 | What 's the midwife 's job when she cares for you after the birth ? |
| 20 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement . |
| 22 | Her left elbow was tingling too and as she felt for it with her right hand she found that the sleeve of her blouse had been torn . |
| 23 | He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf . |
| 24 | He was never found , though they searched for him on elephants while we returned to the palace . |
| 25 | After opening nights at Blackpool , she would snub John ; when he waited for her at the front entrance with their car and chauffeur she would deliberately slip out of the Stage Door and go home by tram . |
| 26 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 27 | Except that money , in Darcy 's Utopia , will count for nothing : just as it counts for nothing in Moscow today : where pockets are stuffed with roubles but there is nothing to buy . |
| 28 | He dialled out , and as he waited for it to be answered he knew he was using a line more private than anything set up between the Kremlin and the White House . |
| 29 | As he waited for it to be answered he drummed lightly on the desk top . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Tunney , ’ he gasped — mistaking me for someone else ? as he reached for me with a flailing hand . |