Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I were gon na do , I got them for the days |
| 2 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 3 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 4 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 5 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 6 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 7 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 8 | It was n't easy to make a show with such diverse voices pull together and some of what I wrote did n't fit in ( I kept it for The Pie of Damocles later that year though ) . |
| 9 | I took them for the shrine in the loft one night , and have them to this day , little brown twists of dried plant like old Sellotape , stuck in a little glass bottle . |
| 10 | I did it for the girl , he protested . |
| 11 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 12 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 13 | I said it for the crack , to wind you up . |
| 14 | When he told Mrs Race , she clouted the boy across the face and her remark became one of our family jokes : ‘ I would n't care , I wanted it for the lamp . ’ |