Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He has not created me for nothing .
2 We 've had a good festival this year with no major incidents at all , and this has really spoilt it for everybody .
3 A physicist colleague has kindly calculated them for me .
4 He says sex education at school is useless and has n't prepared him for what to expect .
5 They 've all bought it for nothing . ’
6 I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything .
7 I was a player in a drama written and cast by Jean-Claude , who had not rehearsed me for it .
8 You 've just confirmed it for me . ’
9 Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop !
10 It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery .
11 What happened , though , was he ordered one of the captains on a dangerous mission-just how dangerous I knew — on which he 'd been wounded and the young wives had n't forgiven her for it .
12 Someone ought to talk to Lily Bates , yes , that was what he had said and meant , but it might not have been him if he had n't seen her for himself that afternoon between five and six , the period between Hook Road School closing and Rose leaving her office at Belmodes ; the time Steve would have made his own .
13 But she , watching him , was surprised that he had n't seen it for himself .
14 I had seen newspaper photos of him since his release from the psikhushka , but they had n't prepared me for his gauntness , pallor , baldness .
15 Müller had n't admired him for it , even when he was a thorn in the Soviet government 's side .
16 I 've never asked them for anything before … then all of a sudden , you become partly dependent on them … it 's very difficult .
17 I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling .
18 You know damn well I 've never blamed you for what happened that night ; it was one of those risks we had to take .
19 He had never asked her for her heart .
20 Dimas had reportedly clashed with the Prime Minister 's wife , Marika Mitsotakis , who had publicly reprimanded him for his behaviour towards Greek industrialists accompanying the official party .
21 A lot of couples involved with our singles ministry have taken the challenge of ‘ hands-off ’ courting and have since thanked us for it , even though at the time they wondered if they could not get by with something a bit less conservative .
22 If they have not seen it for themselves then it can not be true .
23 This was the first time and it was pressure of work that we have n't done it for you to see it earlier , this is not normal so just forgive this one time and we need n't spend any more thought on it because next time it it going to be different and it always has been different .
24 No , you have n't got them for your
25 I have n't housed him for nothing .
26 I do n't eat prepared food myself , so I have never liked it for my terrier .
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