Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what that diploma was , you know , paid me for it for that five hun , that 's what it was |
| 2 | It were real they were really good blankets my mother had bought them for us for er er wedding present |
| 3 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 4 | You need someone with you for a while . ’ |
| 5 | Very well , convey my congratulations to General Froebe — I 'm sure he 'll be anxious to convey his to me for the sake of protocol . ’ |
| 6 | I must take this opportunity to say a personal thank you to each and everyone of you for your kind support and all the good wishes that I have received during the past six months . |
| 7 | The Captain , not having the names readily to mind , dropped the matter and chuckled to himself about it for a week . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Wood says he 's never known nobody like you for bein' clean . ’ |
| 9 | He took it out on Scarlet in the same way as he avenged himself on her for the pressures at work and the demands of his first wife . |
| 10 | Knowing that Adam always liked to keep his options open , Miranda was forced to the lonely conclusion that he did n't love her enough to commit himself to her for life . |
| 11 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 12 | There 's nothing like it for losing sight of the real point . |
| 13 | There 's nothing like it for pushing the world aside . ’ |
| 14 | We had nothing against it for others but , having both had fairly disastrous marriages previously and having lived together in reasonable harmony for so many years , it went against the grain . |
| 15 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |
| 16 | Just look at some of the people who have managed to hold down the job over the years : Tommy Docherty , Malcolm Allison , Bobby ‘ Rattling Dentures ’ Robson , most of the 1970–71 Leeds side ( although none of them for very long ) , Alan Ball and various sad , ex-midfield maestros who later became senior sales executives ( North Lincolnshire Region ) for foot-salve manufacturers and double glazing distribution companies . |
| 17 | Oh I have n't had none of them for ages packets of them . |
| 18 | Quite apart from the contribution you made to the weekend programme , it was good to have you with us for your own sake . |
| 19 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
| 20 | When they had all finished Mike stood up and said thank you to everybody for coming . |
| 21 | Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ? |
| 22 | ‘ Just remember that your contract commits you to us for two years , ’ he said coolly . |
| 23 | ‘ When we arrive I 'll find you a seat in the stand which is reserved for guests and then return to collect you at one for lunch . |
| 24 | 8.1 If any jigs , tools , dies , patterns , moulds , gauges , components , materials or any other items of whatsoever nature are supplied to you by us for use in connection with this order , the same shall be at your risk from the time they leave our premises until they are returned thereto , but shall remain our property . |
| 25 | ‘ If you want me with you for a business meeting , ’ she protested huskily , ‘ you 're not acting in a very businesslike manner ! ’ |
| 26 | The right approach might possibly be along the lines of : ‘ How about the family closing ranks and getting together now that you need a little help ? ’ or ‘ Give us the pleasure of doing something for you for a change . ’ |
| 27 | you ought to see underneath the fridge , he does this in the kitchen and they 've all gone under the fridge , when you 're at the top shop or any other places where the will you have a look on the cards in the window , I 'm looking for a slide , you know , but a smaller one for him for the garden for the summer really , cos that 's just about had it that one ? |
| 28 | Formula feeds without lactose are available , and your doctor may be able to prescribe one for you for a time , if your baby has had gastroenteritis and continues to have colic or diarrhoea afterwards . |
| 29 | Lot number one hundred and twenty nine , an okimono there 's another one for you for four hundred pounds and fifty , at four hundred and fifty pounds at four hundred and fifty , five hundred , five fifty going on , sir ? |
| 30 | Why do n't you write something about it for Fem Sap ? |