Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [pron] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly all of you promised to promote Society membership and I thank you for that . |
| 2 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 3 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 4 | And I respect him for that . |
| 5 | Anyway , the people at SIS are big enough to take it and I respect them for that . ’ |
| 6 | I say twelve , and I let it for less because I 'm soft-hearted . |
| 7 | Councillor is on record , in fact not long after taking his job , that he does n't care much for state education , he prefers , grant maintained schools , the assisted places scheme , which I 'm pleased to say , Lord Mayor , we do n't operate in this district and neither did the Tories when they were in power and I applaud them for that |
| 8 | ‘ And you hate me for all that , of course , ’ Luke accepted neutrally . |
| 9 | put this program in and you swap it for this er map disk , then it comes up , you tell it where you are , where you going to and it works your route out |
| 10 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 11 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 12 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 13 | His head dipped towards her , and she braced herself for another of his harsh , punishing kisses , knowing any attempt at escape would be a complete waste of time . |
| 14 | To her , the building was endlessly exciting , and she liked it for all the reasons that most people would specify as particular causes for dislike . |
| 15 | But the speakers that you are observing ‘ know ’ how to use the resources of variation available to them , and they use them for many purposes , including the marking of varying social roles and functions . |
| 16 | They sat in the corner and he pumped her for any information she might have gleaned from Wickham . |