Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traps should wither kill them instantly or confine them for release elsewhere . |
| 2 | A twenty four year old woman came to see me for treatment on the ward , a smoker . |
| 3 | This is how they are currently treated when we use them as research tools or slaughter them for consumption at our tables . |
| 4 | Cell suspensions were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes and the pellet of cells added to the organ bath the bathing fluid of which was used to resuspend them for transfer . |
| 5 | More and more horses are falling prey to rustlers who often sell them for slaughter abroad . |
| 6 | ‘ When I said I was working with Michael Crawford , they said he would be a monster , eat me for breakfast , have me on toast and upstage me totally . |
| 7 | After abandoning an appeal against the decision , Barclays agreed to reinstate the women and compensate them for loss of earnings . |
| 8 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 9 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
| 10 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 11 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 12 | Please return them as soon as possible , rather than using them for storage . |
| 13 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 14 | But , increasingly , their own shops were also a highly successful means of serving this end ; many young couples were buying the lightweight fabrics , because they were so cheap , and using them for furnishing . |
| 15 | Some exercises they perform sitting on chairs or using them for support , but floor exercises have been out of the question . |
| 16 | ‘ Well over half of the clients that approach IMRS for consolidation software are currently using spreadsheets , and have discovered that there are all sorts of horrendous problems associated with using them for consolidation . |
| 17 | We are most interested in the idea of networking , sharing skills such as translation and using them for distance learning . ’ |
| 18 | Candidates using them for project or course work may have an advantage if spelling is one of the skills being tested . |
| 19 | But he had experienced complications when using them for logistics in Vietnam . |
| 20 | When the registration forms came through , she apparently mistook them for election bumf and threw them away . |
| 21 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 22 | Syl 's mother disapproved of this most bitterly and rebuked me for waste . |
| 23 | According to Wells , the data from his research contradicts crude generalizations that are often made about some children as being ‘ deprived at home ’ of those language experiences that will prepare them for schooling , and assumptions that the school is a ‘ rich language environment ’ . |
| 24 | He trained them to regular confession , and whenever any one of them was dying would prepare them for death , and be thankful when they died in penitence , peace and hope . |
| 25 | The Imperium had assigned them for life to Quintus , to assist in its uplift . |
| 26 | ‘ After I 've boiled them for stock of course . ’ |
| 27 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 28 | She asked them for identification . |
| 29 | They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs . |
| 30 | Then went to the Citizen 's Advice Bureau ( CAB ) at Wembley , as my husband had suggested , and asked them for information about how to join a union . |