Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pers pn] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I " fackins I commend thee for that ! |
| 2 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 3 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 4 | I say twelve , and I let it for less because I 'm soft-hearted . |
| 5 | Councillor is on record , in fact not long after taking his job , that he does n't care much for state education , he prefers , grant maintained schools , the assisted places scheme , which I 'm pleased to say , Lord Mayor , we do n't operate in this district and neither did the Tories when they were in power and I applaud them for that |
| 6 | I owe him for that . ’ |
| 7 | Cos I owe you for those , oh you need to take it out |
| 8 | I do not relish the thought of leaving her here with him while I drive you for many miles and wait for you to linger by shop windows . ’ |
| 9 | He 's been brought up strictly , he goes to synagogue — I respect him for that . |
| 10 | And I respect him for that . |
| 11 | Anyway , the people at SIS are big enough to take it and I respect them for that . ’ |
| 12 | I do it for all of the community . |
| 13 | ‘ I thank you for that assurance , my lord , ’ said the queen-dowager tremulously , drawing closer the still-sleeping prince . |
| 14 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ Benjamin replied coolly , ‘ I thank you for that but I must agree with Doctor Agrippa — there are matters still unresolved . ’ |
| 15 | Nearly all of you promised to promote Society membership and I thank you for that . |
| 16 | I thank you for all your prayers and support over many years and look forward to these 2 years in and around the fellowship . |
| 17 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 18 | Yes , er , I have them for those who received that incorrect information from me , I must apologise erm young people who are going as delegates as representatives of their district must be treated as adult representatives and they have to pay full price . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't say I blame him for that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I blame you for this … |
| 21 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 22 | ‘ O Mary , mother of sorrows who knows so well a mother 's anguish , intercede I pray you for this sorrowing mother and her innocent son … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And you hate me for all that , of course , ’ Luke accepted neutrally . |
| 24 | put this program in and you swap it for this er map disk , then it comes up , you tell it where you are , where you going to and it works your route out |
| 25 | You owe me for that ! ’ |
| 26 | You owe me for this candy , the mother . |
| 27 | You can set yourself a maximum bid , having viewed the fish beforehand , and can congratulate yourself if you get it for less . |
| 28 | Esquire , as it has taken form in America , has been an avid chronicler of games and the people who play them for all of its fifty-eight years . |
| 29 | But if you send an estimate you more or less have to say what you 're moving as well because if there 's more than that and you do n't put down what you 're moving then you 're p stuck with the estimate really and in p practice that 's what usually happens , you give an estimate and then you do it for that price . |
| 30 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |