Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for the [det] " in BNC.

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1 The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk .
2 I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself .
3 James Boswell , for example , often used them for the former , even occasionally , apparently , for the latter ; but never it seems with his wife .
4 John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same .
5 ‘ I have forgiven you for the same ! ’
6 All languages have systems but they do not all use them for the same purposes ; what is an essential distinction in one language may be quite disregarded in another .
7 ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA .
8 That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose .
9 We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in .
10 can spoil it for the many .
11 I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage .
12 I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff .
13 Cheers ( Channel 4 ) CHEERS and thank you for the many memories .
14 Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her .
15 Now the eight twelves are killing you for the same reason . ’
16 You can adopt an ant for £20 — which some people may consider a little extreme , considering a scorpion will sting you for the same amount .
17 I forgave him for the many occasions on which he had unthinkingly made me feel mentally subnormal .
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