Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " There 's a regulation about using it for private matters . " |
| 2 | She answered the telephone , thanked the Martellis for thanking her for the party . |
| 3 | What possible reason could a sane man have for thanking her for an evening that had never happened ? |
| 4 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 5 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
| 6 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 7 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 8 | he advanced above three hundred debased field negroes who had never before moved without the whip to a state resembling that of contented , honest and industrious servants and after paying them for their labour , tripled the annual neat [ sic ] clearance of his Estate . |
| 9 | After coaxing him for 20 minutes , one officer grabbed the man — only to discover he had been bleeding heavily from deep cuts to his wrist and arms . |
| 10 | I thought it was for more than we are after selling him for . |
| 11 | So instead , a confident horseperson was engaged to do battle with Honey , but after riding her for two weeks Honey 's behaviour was worse . |
| 12 | She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting . |
| 13 | Well , after asking me for yardages , which I did n't have , Tom tested me out . |
| 14 | ( And four Los Angeles policemen beating a black man 56 times after stopping him for speeding does not count as better law enforcement . ) |
| 15 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |
| 16 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 17 | A MAN shot dead his teenage daughter after mistaking her for a burglar . |
| 18 | After watching them for a while I suggested that they might try to keep most numbers constant and change just one . |
| 19 | Joseph and his mother , after watching them for a moment , turned and strolled away to inspect the dead calf . |
| 20 | Mechanical things were not her strong point ; after watching her for a couple of minutes , Melissa could stand it no longer . |
| 21 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 22 | If you used floats on your model during the initial learning period and have since removed them , it would be well worth replacing them for your first circuits . |
| 23 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 24 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 25 | Mm , mm , you see , cos even if we sort of made it for like the middle of next week , er , no not next week , the week after |
| 26 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 27 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 28 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 29 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 30 | This method is the first of its kind , and the ministry is considering developing it for commercial application . |