Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | Nothing had prepared me for that . |
| 3 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 4 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 5 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 6 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 7 | ‘ Your comment over dinner that evening , about her acting in cheap soap operas , was quite apt ; I do n't think she 's ever forgiven you for that . ’ |
| 8 | She would have admired him for that , once . |
| 9 | You 've set it for that rough track . ’ |
| 10 | He had not said that he believed her , had only touched her for that fleeting moment , but she knew what she had felt . |
| 11 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 12 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 13 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 14 | She could easily have slapped her for that remark , which was silly really , but nonetheless that was how she felt . |
| 15 | As she flew up to her room , she thought her father might have killed her for that speech . |
| 16 | so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses |
| 17 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |