Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Imperium had assigned them for life to Quintus , to assist in its uplift . |
| 2 | ‘ After I 've boiled them for stock of course . ’ |
| 3 | Now that MPs have committed him for trial for allegedly ordering telephone-tapping and accepting bribes , he describes the three months of coalition government as ‘ a lamentable political parenthesis ’ . |
| 4 | Quinn then seemed to have won it for City with a 51st-minute header but Steve Whitton levelled again from the penalty spot . |
| 5 | ‘ Solving problems , however was not Highlander 's purpose , its purpose to ‘ help people learn to solve their problems in their own way , ’ and in its life since then Highlander has always worked with the under-privileged , exploited , relatively powerless communities which have approached it for assistance . |
| 6 | My violin teacher had recommended it for chamber music , and when I found out that on one of the weeks the famous violinist , Ruggiero Ricci , would be there , I was certain that I would go . |
| 7 | We had booked it for Easter in 1962 , along with two friends from Glasgow . |
| 8 | Many footballers have matched him for decadence but few have lived out their decline quite as publicly as Slim Jim . |
| 9 | It seemed that his final revelation had soothed him , prepared him for death . |
| 10 | After the matinée , she had met him for tea , and he had held her hand , and looked soulful , and told her how innocent she was and how easy it would be to fall in love with her , but how he must n't , he could n't , because he would be leaving and it would n't be fair to her , and anyway , he had his career to think of , etc . |
| 11 | I have n't seen her for week and half now . |
| 12 | I know girls who say , ‘ Oh , I 've never done it for money , but he 'll give me this and that ’ . |
| 13 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
| 14 | I mean I 've done it for love ! ’ |
| 15 | Before beginning to investigate a complaint , the Commissioner will tell the complainant and the member that he has accepted it for investigation . |
| 16 | He must simply have said it for effect ; after all , dramatic effects were clearly his favourite way of expressing himself . |
| 17 | The only reason that I 'm enjoying Neighbours again at the moment is that I have n't seen it for month and I 'm trying to work out which characters have changed , which characters are getting married to which other ones . |
| 18 | He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 19 | Classical pharmacology prepared us for receptor diversity in that each of the stimuli listed in Fig. 1 acts through a separate receptor . |
| 20 | We had everything beaten expect Jodami , who has done us for foot . ’ |
| 21 | I I I honestly , look what he 's drawn me for rag . |
| 22 | If I had n't had you for advice |
| 23 | She took one last look at herself in the wardrobe mirror before she pulled on the sheepskin that her father had bought her for Christmas . |
| 24 | I have n't got her for cooking . |
| 25 | I 've got him for English . |
| 26 | I 've got him for drama . |
| 27 | She had sued him for libel . |
| 28 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 29 | On this sheet , cos then you 've got it for revision . |
| 30 | ‘ Our boxes are environmentally-friendly and if you buy a bacon storer you know you have got it for life . ’ |