Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The humour inheres not just in the daffy selection of cultural allusions ( their native French accordion , some flamenco guitar , a few African horns ) but also in the way they take stiff , formal tempi ( waltzes and tangos ) and mockingly squeeze them for their stateliness . |
| 2 | They trust me for my word and my attitude . ’ |
| 3 | If the military really believes in the justification of its exclusive stance , then let it stick to its guns and prosecute me for my actions . |
| 4 | ‘ Forgive me for my effrontery , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Did Billy take , ooh forget me for me bedroom |
| 6 | What did dad cook you for your dinner ? |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll never know if people want you for your looks or for yourself . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish I could court you with beautiful words , ’ the farmer went on , ‘ but I can only say I love you madly and want you for my wife . |
| 9 | I want you for my general — my most trusted man . |
| 10 | My regard for your daughter has in no way diminished ; I still want her for my wife . |
| 11 | ‘ Peter means well and people always forgive him for his little failures . |
| 12 | A good little program , even if you only want it for its entertainment value . |
| 13 | I want it for her own good . |
| 14 | I want it for my guitar ! |
| 15 | I want it for my two |
| 16 | We want it for our children and for our country . |
| 17 | No mat if you want it for your dinner here better he goes now the |
| 18 | If you are interested in our products but are unable to visit us please phone or fax us for our mail order lists . |
| 19 | These proud people who carry all their possessions with them pity us for our rooted existence in cities . |
| 20 | If any of our political masters , the faceless bureaucrats , the time-serving , vote-chasing , career politicians who sanctioned this devastation , ever read these lines , then I curse them for their crass stupidity and their wanton rape of my native land . |
| 21 | Know , if you kill me for my fault , I should Have died had I not made it . |
| 22 | This is what allows you to adjust the colours and mix and match them for your new palette . |
| 23 | Mr Dorrell continued : ’ In the past the Inland Revenue has , I am told , felt able to accept that the allowances paid to volunteers did no more than reimburse them for their actual expenses . |
| 24 | She , she does she once , she never let me in the pass , she never let me for my birthday . |
| 25 | She never let me for my birthday . |
| 26 | Let me for your own good tell you something about Miss Trunchbull . |
| 27 | I worship her for her piety . ’ |
| 28 | Then the Cid assembled together the Christians in the Alcazar , and when they were assembled , he rose upon his feet and said , Friends and kinsmen and vassals , praised be God and holy Mary Mother , all the good which I have in the world I have here in Valencia ; with hard labour I won the city , and hold it for my heritage , and for nothing less than death will I leave it . |
| 29 | But it is such a famous story that we all mistake it for our own . ’ |
| 30 | I wear them for my own enjoyment but equally for theirs . |