Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used it for New Blues and almost all of Summer Song and perhaps the solo on Rubina 's Blue Sky Happiness . |
| 2 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 3 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 4 | I took him for dead , |
| 5 | I decided that what I did it for small reasons |
| 6 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 7 | Although major developments in the ecosystem were largely external to biogeography until the 1960s , Stoddart ( 1967b , p. 524 ) argued that the ecosystem concept has four main properties which commend it for geographical investigation . |
| 8 | Back then he had argued with his son : had denied Yuan 's insistence that they were the gaolers of Tsao Ch'un 's City , the inheritors of a system which shaped them for ill . |
| 9 | The curriculum for most young people who have left school involves academic or vocational courses which prepare them for specific adult roles . |
| 10 | You 're going to have to put some input in if you want it for free , that 's all I 'm going to say . |
| 11 | And she scolded him for frightening children Adam , six , Louise , four , and two-year-old Carl . |
| 12 | I do n't ask you to sell better , ladies and gentlemen , I do n't ask you to sell itself for certain companies , I 'd like you to , but I do n't . |
| 13 | Stephane Grappelli , the renowned jazz violinist , employed English agents who booked him for certain concerts . |
| 14 | Like alcohol or money , it is capable of vast abuse by those who exploit it for financial purposes . |
| 15 | Remortgaging unlocks this capital , allowing you to use it for other purposes . |
| 16 | I 've been wanting you to kiss me for absolute ages . ’ |
| 17 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 18 | Er like when you go out and catch mackerel you use it for fresh bait then . |
| 19 | You can see that in the faces of those who do it for positive reasons unconnected with ego . |
| 20 | If Mr Bush vetoes the measure , he risks losing abortion-rights voters who supported him for other reasons , and if he changes his firm anti-abortion stance he runs the potentially greater risk of losing his hard-core right-wing support . |
| 21 | Today , I was told , villagers living around the great wool churches of Lavenham and Long Melford have to bar their doors and ignore the knocking of tourists , who take them for antique shops and offer to buy their furniture . |
| 22 | and , what happened was it was a hell of a stink in dock , because there was all different workers for different jobs , it was one for fitting car seats , you had one for fitting glass , you had one for doing engine , one for fitting the gear box , one fitting wheels on , so you had ten blokes just doing one job on a car |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you left me for other women . ’ |
| 24 | You wanted a man , and you wanted him for good — because after all , you were getting on then , were n't you ? |
| 25 | They are thought to be the victims of fishermen , who blame them for meagre fish stocks . |
| 26 | You plan it for minimum trouble , minimum risk . |
| 27 | You need one for simple jobs like driving picture pins , and for all sorts of other tasks like nailing down loose floorboards and mending fences , not to mention any woodwork you may be assembling . |
| 28 | We asked him for general news . |
| 29 | ‘ To buy a player of Kevin 's experience would cost a fortune but we got him for free . |
| 30 | We want you for Good Money . |