Example sentences of "for [pers pn] and [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think for the time being , if you allow us , we will find out which tables we want and then we will fund raise for them and get the money for them , okay . |
| 2 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 3 | Also it is something they can do for you and gives the visit a sense of occasion . |
| 4 | But two weeks later a friend in the motor trade serviced it for him and proclaimed the car to be in sound condition and a good deal . |
| 5 | He 's got a gentleman there who makes his meals for him and cleans the house . |
| 6 | Forrest came sprinting from his goal but Peacock was too quick for him and clipped the ball into the net for his second goal of the game . |
| 7 | The coat was far too large for her and trailed the ground as she stalked off ; she did n't bother to hitch it up . |
| 8 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 9 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
| 10 | ‘ She made this a wonderful day for us and eased the pain tremendously . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |