Example sentences of "you have [verb] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I see you 've dressed yourself up for me . |
| 2 | After you 'd stuck it out for so long , why did you leave ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , dear , and I was thinking you 'd brought them specially for me . |
| 4 | Why did you have to do it there for , you know ? |
| 5 | Did you have to psych yourself up for the part ? |
| 6 | Charge , you 've turned it on for ten hours , how much will I charge you ? |
| 7 | She did not immediately come back with an answer , but looked at him steadily for some seconds before she said , ‘ That 's why you think you 've got me here for good , is n't it , Father ? |
| 8 | ‘ You 're just saying it because you 've got it in for him ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think you 've thanked me yet for not pressing charges the other day . ’ |
| 10 | It 's a hell-raiser with 24-carat cuff-links and rounded vowels , it 's a freshly squeezed orange juice with a large shot of vodka — and like a Mickey Finn , the beauty of the Bentley is that you do n't know quite what you 've let yourself in for . |
| 11 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh well , I do n't think this is the kind of place you have to put them down for at birth . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you mean you — you have invited me here for … for myself ? ’ |
| 14 | It 's just proved my ability to learn chunks of knowledge , chunks of pages and books , and reproducing them the day after , then forgetting it , then you have to learn it again for next year 's exams . |