Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't choose to live next to a reservoir … what I want from you is an assurance that your company will compensate everyone affected for all the losses they incur because of the reservoir ( everyone cheers ) . |
| 2 | These were of immense consequence in giving elected Indian officials their first real taste of power , and in encouraging them to ask for more — much more , needless to say , than Curtis had either foreseen or intended . |
| 3 | Er he 's gone to Barnsley , cos they asked me to ask for this , gone to Barnsley . |
| 4 | He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be . |
| 5 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think I care for that ? ’ he said , a smile in his eyes . |
| 7 | The Seagate drives I used for this article required 2 jumper connections made on the master drive , and all the connectors removed from the slave drive … |
| 8 | ‘ You want me to pay for this information ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
| 10 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 11 | So you got two choices : either you send someone to look for these clowns , or you say , ‘ Oh well , I do n't know , something must have happened , and I 'll forget all about it . |
| 12 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 13 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 14 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 15 | This has you aiming for each number in turn ( 1–20 ) , finishing on the bull . |
| 16 | And if the recession continued much longer she might return to London to find herself looking for some other occupation to keep the roof over her head — but that was her secret . |
| 17 | I also proposed they aim for all other dogs ( except known or obvious ‘ nasties ’ ) and people , and to speak encouragingly to Moby as they did so , to keep him relaxed . |
| 18 | He has been pressing her to move for some time . |
| 19 | Another message — ‘ Ease his pain ’ — sends the farmer off to Boston to find a reclusive novelist ( James Earl Jones ) and a third imprecation from the skies — ‘ Go the distance ’ has him looking for another old baseballer ( Burt Lancaster ) who played just once for the New York Giants before becoming a much-loved doctor . |
| 20 | Expect him to pay for all our needs , solve all our little problems — ’ |
| 21 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 22 | He waited , out of long experience with dominant characters , until a natural break occurred and used it to ask for some background , starting with how long the Minister had known Miss Morgan . |
| 23 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 24 | ‘ Do you expect me to apologise for all this ? ’ he asked in a rough voice . |
| 25 | They 've got together to form a barter scheme , using a special currency which allows them to work for each other without REAL money changing hands . |
| 26 | Let them look for this one . |
| 27 | And the description which I 'll give you allows for that . |
| 28 | There are things I have to do ; things I have to think about , Holy Father , Father Tom , things that are occupying my mind and I ca n't give you time for these things , these words , Father Tom , Your Holiness . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ All these changes have been made to elevate the level of service and support we provide for all out customers in the UK and Ireland , ’ said Group sales director Roger Little . |
| 30 | Her owner would , I 'm sure let her go for such a good cause . |