Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 2 | ‘ Look … what the hell do you want me here for , Cardiff ? |
| 3 | So you 've got me here , very clever , but for God 's sake what do you want me here for ? ’ |
| 4 | This is not as frightful as it may sound : with self-build projects the council inspectors are usually very helpful , although you should n't badger him/her relentlessly for advice , and employing reputable tradesmen should eliminate any problems with outside labour . |
| 5 | ‘ The archbishop can not compensate me enough for slavery in Salzburg … |
| 6 | MAURICE : ( from a distance ) : I hope you did n't buy them just for me . |
| 7 | Chilean fishermen are killing thousands of some of the world 's rarest dolphins so that they can chop them up for bait to catch the southern king crab . |
| 8 | " I 'll chop them up for kindling . " |
| 9 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 10 | The size and weight of the larger models would suit them only for a fairly hefty boat . |
| 11 | Flowers such as strelitzias , anthuriums and orchids last a very long time and are well worth taking home — some flower shops will pack them specially for export . |
| 12 | Silvex Modes , do pop in , ladies , convenient hours to suit you and the kiddies , and we 'll lovingly screw you over for fifty pence an hour . |
| 13 | OK , ’ he decided , ‘ Once we get home , a bite of lunch , and I 'll beam you up for a quick one . ’ |
| 14 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 16 | Besides even if they did n't win it again for the next two million years we 'd never hear the end of it . |
| 17 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 18 | I think there was one question I 'll I 'll root it out for next time erm and I was really stunned on it I might be okay on it now . |
| 19 | I got it somewhere , I 'll root it out for ya and I forgot to see Hilda about that |
| 20 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 21 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |
| 22 | in fact I feel the price we charge for concessions and youngsters is a giveaway we might as well give them away for nothing . |
| 23 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 24 | We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble . |
| 25 | So like , I 'll fetch them like for us dinner |
| 26 | If I pulled out he would probably do me over for being a chicken , but if I competed and beat him ( unlikely but not impossible ) … well , I might as well have booked my hospital bed then and there . |
| 27 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 28 | The ducks will be hatched at the plant but the ducklings will be raised by local farmers who will send them back for packaging and freezing when they are around 10 weeks old . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll lock you up for stealing this . ’ |
| 30 | If it were up to me , I 'd jock you off for the rest of the season . |