Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they are demanding massive insurance cover from Eastern Suburbs when Martin Offiah plays for them next summer . |
| 2 | ‘ And he has all the support I can give him to go for it next year . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I had to sell my share in Moffat Engineering , which lost me my chance to drive for them that year … ’ |
| 4 | But he was sickened by Ayrton Senna 's attack on Alain Prost , the French driver he has just signed to drive for him next season . |
| 5 | If … if , though , she does n't let you stay with them , then Mother will try to arrange for you some place else . |
| 6 | Having three daughters and an ‘ extended ’ family , I started knitting for them 30 years ago , but not spending a lot of money . |
| 7 | If the Sun Chariot emphasised the spreading cloak of Arab domination , then the Cambridgeshire proved there is still a place for the smaller owner when Jeremy Glover sent out Rambo 's Hall , the only horse to have won for him this season , to gain an equally facile success . |
| 8 | He had proved that he had not , after all , thrown away his how-to-train manual , despite the fact that only Rambo 's Hall has won for him this season . |
| 9 | Many thanks to the Essex teachers for the fine tea they provided for us this meeting . |
| 10 | ‘ I went home and got on with my work expecting them to come for me any day or night . ’ |
| 11 | Here too is an attractive swimming pool , and as a bonus it is possible , on arrival , to make direct arrangements with the caretaker to have someone cook for you each day ( subject to availability ) . |
| 12 | It must have been the word " social " that created for her this image , a word judiciously expunged from later versions of the verse . |
| 13 | I understand there 's a return flight booked for you this afternoon . ’ |
| 14 | There is therefore some doubt as to whether broad clauses of the type that state that the firm is not obliged to disclose to the customer or take into account when acting for him any information known to the firm but unknown to the individual acting for the customer would protect the firm against allegations of non-disclosure , particularly in the case of an inexperienced customer . |
| 15 | That night he took a midnight train to London , searched for her all day , and had his first demanding quarrel with her in a Chinese restaurant at five o'clock in the afternoon , blue-jowled with fear and tiredness , and smelling of the stale smells of travellers . |
| 16 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 17 | You were looking for it last night . |
| 18 | It seemed for her that space itself was now slowly constricting . |
| 19 | There was nothing I could do for it this time' ) , but ‘ Is She Really Going Out With Him ? ’ , formerly ditched , now finds itself reinstated , although apparently in a setting designed to tease out its reluctant humour once and for all . |
| 20 | Well and what can I do for you young lady ? |
| 21 | Right , what can I do for you this morning ? |
| 22 | What can I do for you this morning ? |
| 23 | What can I do for you this morning ? |
| 24 | What can I do for you this morning ? |
| 25 | What can we do for you this morning ? |
| 26 | Now stranger , what can we do for you this morning ? |
| 27 | Now then what can we do for you this time ? |
| 28 | They came for him this afternoon , Geoffrey says . |
| 29 | Also I know that my coach at North Harbour , Peter Thorburn , was very impressed with Ian when he played for us last summer . |
| 30 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |