Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We designed them for this . |
| 3 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 4 | For Prothero is the demon-king of the Poundian pantomime , ever since Pound cast him for this role by printing , at the end of his essay on De Gourmont — originally in the Little Review , then in Instigations ( 1920 ) — the letter which Prothero wrote him in October 1914 : |
| 5 | The fisherman 's wife , however , chastised him for this simple request and returned to the shore , there to harangue the Golden Fish with her demands for jewels , wealth and status . |
| 6 | Without being aware of it , he punished her for this deeply felt bodily rejection in bed by withdrawing his body out of bed . |
| 7 | ‘ I was expecting it to be bad , but nothing prepared me for this ! ’ |
| 8 | So , for instance , the Crowther Report of 1959 on the education of 15-18-year-olds talked about the likelihood that middle-class girls would combine a career with motherhood and marriage and the necessity for them to receive an education which prepared them for this future dual role . |
| 9 | She paid me for this week and she said well I you 've got ninety pound here |
| 10 | ‘ But I thank God that He spared me for this ! ’ |
| 11 | I think Simon blamed her for this . ’ |
| 12 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
| 13 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 14 | When the Central Authority carpeted him for this , he stated that he had done it both to meet statutory obligations and to make faster progress on rural electrification than agreed . |
| 15 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 16 | Understandably , many of his old flock in Kidderminster severely criticised him for this . |