Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can only swap it for nice things . |
| 2 | She patiently gammed him for long minutes ; fondling his testicles with one hand , and exploring the cleft of his arse with the other . |
| 3 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 4 | They 're rich enough to pay for it and smart enough to get it for free . |
| 5 | One can then perhaps forgive them for faulty ( though consistent ) reasoning on the ( conventional ) comparative static effects ? |
| 6 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 7 | The tribunal will generally compensate you for lost fringe benefits , although putting a figure upon them is often another exercise in guesstimation . |
| 8 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 9 | In fact it might just finish him for good ! ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 11 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 12 | A member of one local authority in England — I will not name it for obvious reasons — told me that the police in that area have said that following up poll tax debts and warrants is not a high priority . |
| 13 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 14 | I would not recommend them for submersed cultivation and I do not believe that a reputable aquarium dealer would sell you those plants as aquarium plants . |
| 15 | I pointed out that the ground was once part of Tip Farm and that on rainy days Bob Crudge still used it for artificial insemination . |
| 16 | But there must be hundreds of little firms all over the country who still use it for special jobs . " |
| 17 | but it always bothers me for other people like you know . |
| 18 | She has since packed it for other tours . |
| 19 | This would leave the bassist free to add little chordal colourings on the G and D. You could also use them for striking solo intro riffs , something they excel at , while adding a touch of stereo chorus provides an even sweeter sound . |
| 20 | You can also use them for blocking gaps between skirting boards and floor — it 's much cheaper than wood beading . |
| 21 | I was sorry about the kites , and I knew that I 'd have to give up flying them for good to keep the act looking realistic , but it was worth it . |
| 22 | At first Gaskell supported Deacon 's plans to manufacture alkali by the new Solvay process , but later persuaded him for financial reasons to employ the older Leblanc method . |
| 23 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |
| 24 | More than a hundred victims have now approached him for legal advice and doctors are still seeing new cases six weeks after chryptosporidium was first identified in the Farmoor reservoir . |
| 25 | You could fairly smell it for far enough . |
| 26 | Only Germany , Holland , Japan and Switzerland can now match us for economic growth , price stability and strong balance of payments , says Dr David Lomax , the Natwest 's economic adviser . |
| 27 | Tim Waterstone declined to expound on the decision , beyond saying that Waterstones had withdrawn from the concession for commercial reasons and was now re-entering it for commercial reasons . |
| 28 | A spokesman for the I R A said its active service unit had tragically mistaken them for British soldiers . |
| 29 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 30 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |