Example sentences of "[verb] for [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm anyway we got more from the unemployment exchange that prepared to work for him for fourteen pound , when we could have a eighteen pound on the dole . |
| 2 | ‘ Say what you like , there 's no way I 'm going to agree to work for you for three years . |
| 3 | ‘ In the voting booth , ’ he said : ‘ If you will be my voice , I will speak for you for four years . ’ |
| 4 | We have been looking for her for three weeks . |
| 5 | We 've been looking for you for some months . |
| 6 | You have been looking for it for eight years . |
| 7 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 8 | He stutters , but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out . |
| 9 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 10 | " I 've been waiting for you for six hours . |
| 11 | For example I had my bottom wiped for me for six weeks . |
| 12 | ‘ The chief ‘ s been asking for you for some time , Mr Wycliffe . ’ |
| 13 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 14 | and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works . |
| 15 | She worked for her for eighteen years . |
| 16 | All our buddies that worked for us for 50 years were just living and drinking and eating like fucking Rome … it was just hell and it had to stop . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd go for something for higher wages at the end of it ! |
| 18 | The defendant firm lawfully terminated the employment of the plaintiff who had worked for them for many years . |
| 19 | Be extra careful with new employees who have worked for you for eight weeks or less . |
| 20 | If your new employee falls sick and has worked for you for eight weeks or less , check whether they have any of these linking letters from the Department of Social Security : BF218 , BF220 , BM7 or BM8 ( or BF219 in Northern Ireland ) . |
| 21 | ‘ He has played no part in either building the party or campaigning for it for four years now . ’ |
| 22 | Lot number two Lot two is a Japanese ivory carving we 've got that showing for you for seventy five pounds at seventy five pounds , eighty , eighty five , ninety offered I 'm offered ninety pounds and I 'm selling it for ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten one twenty thirty a hundred and thirty for you sir , coming in at one thirty in the back row , one thirty and selling for a hundred and thirty pounds . |
| 23 | She was able to care for him for two months in the small cottage which had been her parent 's retirement home . |
| 24 | I keep , apart from the fact that we 've got an enormous number of deadlines , but David keeps saying , ’ we must stop ’ , and then people ring us up and say ’ Oh , I , can I do this ’ , and we 've , you know people say , ’ Oh , well , I play the saxophone ’ , and then we find out that he 's got a huge band and he 's very famous , and they 've just rung us up to say , you know , can we play for you for free . |
| 25 | And now accommodation has been provisionally reserved for you for that date . |
| 26 | Yes , he can continue at that level of a hundred and ninety but he 's obviously going to have to pay more , because he 's only paid for it for ten years , or he can reduce it down to the original amount . |
| 27 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 28 | Ostrovsky had left Israel for Canada , his birthplace , in 1986 when he was dismissed from Mossad after working for them for some 17 months . |
| 29 | Question : Which piece of equipment works for you for 365 days a year , 24 hours a day , saves you money , protects your reputation , helps you comply with the law , and is expected to function without complaint for up to 10 years ? |