Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only remained for us to forgive one another , and for my part I gladly forgave him for anything that might still need forgiveness . |
| 2 | I rather fancied him for myself . ’ |
| 3 | I 've got to be made to realize that I only love him for what I can get out of it . |
| 4 | I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication — and envied his super brain-power . |
| 5 | Problem No. 12 : I must go and hang out my son 's washing as he has n't got a machine yet , I still do it for him . |
| 6 | My regard for your daughter has in no way diminished ; I still want her for my wife . |
| 7 | I liked the idea of other people feeling sorry for me , even though I also despised them for it , because I was n't worth their sympathy and that made them fools . |
| 8 | But I never wanted it for myself , in spite of what everyone thought . |
| 9 | I ca n't shake a lingering vision of her straining eagerly against Casey , and I half blame her for it as if it were true . |
| 10 | And I was fortunate : no one ever stopped me either to ask me for my identity card or to see what I had in my bag . |