Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
2 | He was the same age as Syl , after all , and Syl wanted me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
3 | If there is anyone in your parish whom you think might be interested and suitable , perhaps you would draw their attention to these posts and encourage them to write to me for application forms and job description . |
4 | I mean er I 'll I 'll still need them to come to me for er entering |
5 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
6 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |
7 | I lived with her for four years . |
8 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
9 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
10 | After I shouted at you for not being there for Mrs Richards ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Mr Pinkhammer , ’ he said , ‘ can I speak with you for a minute ? |
12 | May I speak to you for a moment ? ’ he asked in a lower tone . |
13 | That is why I came to you for advice . ’ |
14 | He said : ‘ I 've got a soft spot for the league , because I played in it for many years . ’ |
15 | I speak with them for forty minutes and generally have my socks charmed from my feet , the spring put in my step and all semblance of a chill factor taken from this typical October evening . |
16 | I look at it for a moment , tracing out my journey from Westminster . |
17 | When I have to leave one in mid-air I fuss to myself for days after . |
18 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
19 | I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought . |
20 | ‘ I rely on him for information . |
21 | I rely on you for my information on domestic American politics , on which , admittedly , I am not an expert . |
22 | ‘ For your information , I do n't believe in double standards for men — any more than I believe in them for women . |
23 | I sympathised with her for , after all , Notts County was the oldest league club in the world , and this was the season when Tom Keetley scored a record thirty-nine goals and we came top of Third Division South . |
24 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
25 | Erm , and I worked for them for about twelve or thirteen years , I suppose , trolling around sout south of England . |
26 | And some shall I have with me for ever . |
27 | Can you please let me know what the position is with regard to order number 026 that I placed with you for the above tape to run it on VAX 3500 running ULTRIX , at either 6250 or 1600 bpi ? ( ordered on 12 May ) |
28 | Aye have a look , while you 're doing that I 'll have a look at what bits and pieces see if I talk to you for a minute about these |
29 | I 've fought how I feel about you for so long ; now I want to take you there , to put every one of them right . ’ |
30 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |