Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I said , ‘ That is why you must do it for me , Colonel . ’
2 You have your own life before you ( rather as you said to me , Therese ) and you must make it for yourself .
3 On this pinnacle of enthusiasm , with promises to meet later for dinner , or tea , or supper , and do not forget our daughter and our boat of course you must use it for your fishing and good day , Colonel Hope , good day — the hills are called fells by the natives …
4 You must hate me for it . ’
5 Then there is the sea , the cold grey ever-moving winter sea — but you must see it for yourself ! ! !
6 ‘ Martin , ’ she said , almost urbanely , ‘ you must forgive us for our daughter .
7 If you are paying a little more for the food you should enjoy it for what it is — avoid recipes which suggest such things as stuffing breasts of chicken with Parma ham mousse , then wrapping them in smoked salmon and poaching in wine before serving with a cream sauce .
8 I thought you might pay me for it .
9 Well you might use it for something .
10 I thought you might use it for your files . ’
11 You 'll do him for me because I ask and because he 's a lousy , rotten drug-pusher .
12 Just knock on your door ask you if you 'll do it for them .
13 ‘ If I say one of my contacts tipped me off , I expect you 'll pester me for his name . ’
14 I jumped to the edge of the cage , the man told me ‘ do n't look down or you 'll spoil it for yourself ’ .
15 It s so typically English that this rebel should end up with his own sweat shop in Clapton — you 'll see it for yourself in due course .
16 You 'll need them for your programming .
17 ‘ Take off those shoes , you 'll thank me for it later .
18 You 'll be aboard my ship when we sail on the Sunday tide , and I 'll warrant you 'll thank me for it in the years to come .
19 Do you a lot of good , you 'll thank me for it one day .
20 If you 'd tape it for me you would n't have , I would n't have to have
21 ‘ I thought you 'd make it for me , ’ Dana faltered ; usually Claudia would leap to do her twin 's bidding , but this morning she told her where the coffee lived , turned her back and went back to sleep .
22 ‘ But you said you 'd swing it for me !
23 ‘ If they did you 'd hate her for what she did to Grandfather . ’
24 The fact is , Harry , it simply would n't work and , if you were n't so blinded by love , you 'd see it for yourself .
25 So I went down and Mr at that time was Mayor of Willenhall , a very influential man , and he was er over and er his son had to became in charge , but anyway I went to see him it was Mr and er about it and he says er well we got er a order for four locks here , he says er I wonder if er you could quote me for them ?
26 Then you could edit them for her , if you feel you are willing for her to use them … .
27 you could chuck them for her and she used to go after them .
28 You could do it for me !
29 Well in those days beastlings was a lux it was n't a luxury because you could get it for nothing .
30 ‘ You said you wanted to meet my fiancée so that you could judge her for yourself .
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