Example sentences of "'s [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hobnobbing in TV circles he may even get to meet Richard Briars and solve a mystery that 's plagued him for years : Those voice-overs he does for ads on the telly , he always sounds so out of breath . |
| 2 | She 's forgiven me for being such an ass with my ultimatum the other day , ’ he added , then sighed , ‘ I do wish she was coming back to her flat . ’ |
| 3 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 4 | Because he 's booked it for Monday you see . |
| 5 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |
| 6 | Guido 's won it for the past two years and he 's absolutely desperate to get a hat trick — though some of his rivals are equally desperate to see that he does n't . ’ |
| 7 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't say he 's written it for me . |
| 9 | That he 's owed me for a year ! |
| 10 | And now he 's do he 's done one for Matthew and he 's half way through the other one . |
| 11 | It 's done nothing for the box . |
| 12 | Hayley I tell you what , have a word with my mother because my mother 's done it for years , always taken tablets , and I reckon this is half her problem now cos she 's got to her old age she 's on the change , and these things have affected her throughout her life now . |
| 13 | Brilliant you see , he 's done it for so many years can work out the space and everything . |
| 14 | There 's quite a lot of things happening on there , we never have it on , but I have had it on and there now , they say so and so 's got something for sale or |
| 15 | Erm yeah , I must know someone actually who can who 's got something for sale . |
| 16 | Jilly 's husband , she 's got one for herself and one for her husband . |
| 17 | Cos he 's got one for his hat . |
| 18 | Thing is , my old man 's had them for so long that he just , he he puts them in a in a cup of this like sterile solution every night . |
| 19 | That cough of hers worries me ; she 's had it for weeks . |
| 20 | Erm he 's had it for about a week and a half now . |
| 21 | and erm she 's had it for a couple of days but we thought she was getting over it this morning . |
| 22 | He 's had it for a week . |
| 23 | Stanley 's had it for me |
| 24 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 25 | Er , probably Paul 's had it for the night . |
| 26 | I I I honestly , look what he 's drawn me for rag . |
| 27 | He says most of the lads that were out there were in their late teens , early 20 's and for them it was an adventure to go out to the tropics — then when you realise what it was about — well it 's marked us for life there 's no two ways about it . |
| 28 | ‘ He thinks the ministry is an affectation and a waste of time , and on the other hand he thinks priests should be very good , and he does n't think I am because he 's known me for so long , so he 's annoyed with me . |
| 29 | Actually Edward 's known me for ten years , but there we are . |
| 30 | No one 's touched it for a long , long time . |