Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've written him up for some medication to ease the headache . ’ |
| 2 | So I 've kept him off for off it 's not fair with Oliver . |
| 3 | I 've put the belt in for when he 's bad and I 've sewn him in for the winter . |
| 4 | I 've ticked you off for all these here . |
| 5 | I 've invited them aboard for lunch . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've given it up for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's in a funny mood today , and I do n't feel I 've thanked him properly for his Christmas present . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah , I 've left it here for you right . |
| 9 | Yeah , well I 've still got the other two but I do n't know whether Brian and Pauline are going to want them back , I mean they 've just , I 've had them back for a craft fair . |
| 10 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 11 | I 'll sign in when I 've put her away for the night . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ As gifts are n't really yours till you 've said thank you , ’ Mum continued , ‘ I 've put them away for now . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 're really ambivalent about what I 've let you in for , are n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 15 | I 've opened it out for you , look , have n't I , with that A. |
| 16 | So I 've quoted you there for the chains . |
| 17 | Well Ben , I look fifteen and I 've got it out for someone already . |
| 18 | ‘ If I 've got it in for him , it 's because he 's irresponsible , unreliable and bolshie . ’ |
| 19 | I have twisted them round for my own purposes , changing the emphasis , blending them with ideas of my own and of other people . |
| 20 | I have left it out , I have left it out for him |
| 21 | As you know , you had the Fifty Pounds from direct , and I have thanked him profusely for painting the sitting room walls ! |
| 22 | I have praised her effusively for her work — quite rightly — I have given her lunch at my villa — she refused the wine , though I observe she is guzzling Willi 's champagne without a shudder . |