Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you never going to forgive me for that ? ’ he queried , and there was such bone-melting charm in him then that Fabia was glad that she was sitting down . |
| 2 | I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification . |
| 3 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 4 | I " fackins I commend thee for that ! |
| 5 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 6 | Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also . |
| 7 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 8 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 9 | The petitioners wanted to know whether a legacy of liberatio to them in the first will could now be held to include debts they had first contracted after the making of the first will ; and whether , if the heirs were to sue them for that , they could be barred by an exceptio doli . |
| 10 | BSDI 's motion to dismiss , which makes significant use of the Xerox/Apple precedent , claims USL 's failure to sue them for any patent , trade secret or copyright infringement , or even allege such a violation , taints their case . |
| 11 | ‘ And you hate me for all that , of course , ’ Luke accepted neutrally . |
| 12 | You asked me for that ? |
| 13 | No one asked me for any comment . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 15 | They asked me for more money . |
| 16 | ‘ As long as nothing offensive is being said during Eircell mobile phone conversations , we have no power to stop anybody using them for any purpose , however peculiar . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah , well you then just go and change them for that one drawing ! |
| 18 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 19 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 20 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 22 | As well for garden planting for show or cutting , thy make stately pot-grown plants , but only for one year as they are unable to find enough plant nutrients to sustain them for another year . |
| 23 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 24 | African hunting dogs ( opposite , bottom ) attack their prey in a pack , pursuing them for several miles if necessary . |
| 25 | In 89 , a poem of infidelity ( ‘ Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault ’ ) , the Poet abases himself , vowing to perform all kinds of penance in order to win the Friend back , including never mentioning his name again in case he ‘ haply of our old acquaintance tell ’ : it is over , in the past . |
| 26 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 27 | By all means prosecute them for that . |
| 28 | There 's way that I 'm gon na trust them for another five or six weeks yet . |
| 29 | They will buy me for that . |
| 30 | He does n't need me for that . |