Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
| 2 | Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan ! |
| 3 | I did n't choose to live next to a reservoir … what I want from you is an assurance that your company will compensate everyone affected for all the losses they incur because of the reservoir ( everyone cheers ) . |
| 4 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 5 | Do you want me to apologise for picking up the gauntlet you threw down ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you want me to blow for you ? |
| 7 | So what do you want me to do for now then ? |
| 8 | Do you want me to ask for you ? |
| 9 | At the hospital I got changed and was in the admittance room and I heard my dad outside saying , " Do you want me to sign for anything ? " |
| 10 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 11 | You do n't want me to look for her , do you ? ’ |
| 12 | If people hear about the boy , he thought , perhaps they will want me to pay for their lost chickens and their disappearing sheep . |
| 13 | And how much do you want me to pay for it ? |
| 14 | Castleford are unhappy enough about the £145,000 a tribunal made them pay for Steadman , though even with his presence , they were unable to defeat their neighbours , as the second successive Yorkshire Cup semi-final went to a replay . |
| 15 | Emburey and Edmonds , however , made them work for their runs and took wickets as well , Emburey finishing with 5 for 78 . |
| 16 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 17 | He describes video as ‘ a tool to enable everyone to speak for themselves ’ . |
| 18 | These were of immense consequence in giving elected Indian officials their first real taste of power , and in encouraging them to ask for more — much more , needless to say , than Curtis had either foreseen or intended . |
| 19 | I would make them pay for what they 've done . |
| 20 | If Gina was pleasant to him she could share ; if not , he would make them last for two meals . |
| 21 | He has warned me he 'll make me suffer for it . |
| 22 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 23 | Why make me pay for what Eddie did ? ’ |
| 24 | They always do that , the saucy wenches , they like to tease and make me beg for them to come back . |
| 25 | In these cases , financial security , a reluctance to move to a new employer , and proximity to the statutory pension age , coupled with a desire to do other things with their time or simply to stop working , led them to opt for early retirement . |
| 26 | Their disillusion with the reformist nature of the Labour governments of the 1960s , and the excitement generated by the world-wide social unrest of 1968 , led them to look for the possibility of social change in local protest movements . |
| 27 | My parents are very accepting ; my mum encourages me to dress for comfort rather than fashion . |
| 28 | I do n't want them paying for someone else 's children . |
| 29 | They do n't want them arrested for doing what they are trained for , so they do n't arrest agents of Argentina . |
| 30 | The aims were to give families reproductive choice in future pregnancies ; to enable them to plan for the future with a child with a disability ; to avoid the experience of a prolonged diagnosis ; and to identify a presymptomatic cohort who may benefit from future treatments . |