Example sentences of "and i [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am grateful for the opportunity to enlighten the hon. Gentleman , and I thank him for his question . |
| 2 | I know of my hon. Friend 's deep interest in the affairs of the Province and I thank her for it . |
| 3 | We have enjoyed the loyal and industrious support of our employees throughout and I thank them for their individual contributions to the year 's achievements . ’ |
| 4 | And when , as shadow education spokesman , I was a frontline campaigner in the nineteen eighty seven election , it was the G M B which provided me with the necessary facilities to carry out that role , and I thank them for it . |
| 5 | And I thank you for your advice . |
| 6 | ‘ That is a tribute to your work and I thank you for it . |
| 7 | It has many tough , determined people who have been tested and not found wanting and I thank you for it . |
| 8 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |
| 9 | However I might be able to get erm the copy that I Eddie 's copy is n't entirely legal erm and I got it for him . |
| 10 | I resent you for engineering it and I resent you for what you think you can do to me in revenge for our affair last year . ’ |
| 11 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 12 | You are as wonderful as I expected , and I worship you for it . |
| 13 | That 's a sign of the new maturity he says he possesses and I respect him for it . ’ |
| 14 | And I respect you for it . ’ |
| 15 | It is n't enough for you , and I hate you for it , and I want you to go before you decide to leave me , and I love you , and how am I expected to stand being cooped up with him . |
| 16 | ‘ When I play , some days it 's off , some days it 's on , and I take it for what it is . |
| 17 | If I remember rightly it was called ‘ My Kitchen Window ’ and I liked it for its succinct simplicity and the fact that it rang true . |
| 18 | ‘ It is certainly valuable and I want it for myself . |
| 19 | His movement is steady and I admire him for it . |
| 20 | Other women do and I admire them for it . |
| 21 | ‘ Only the truth , and I admire her for it . |
| 22 | But he came and sorted me out and I asked , I said I 'll see what I can do and I got hold of it and I did it for him . |
| 23 | and I snogged him for it . |
| 24 | Reynes was an acquaintance of the diarist Samuel Pepys , who referred to him as ‘ a willing man , ready to co-operate in plans for the Navy ’ , and ‘ one who understands and loves a play as well as I , and I love him for it ’ . |