Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact Waugh had just written to him as a stranger to thank him for his ‘ ingenious and delightful allegory ’ — his gratitude all the warmer because , as he flatteringly remarks , he had tried to buy a copy and found it sold out . |
| 2 | Does that answer it for you or not ? |
| 3 | That covers you for us paying you in the next week . |
| 4 | God does n't stand over us like an angry judge wanting to convict us and sentence us ; rather he watches over us with love and tenderness , always willing to forgive us for our misdemeanours and mistakes . |
| 5 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 6 | Sotheby 's was approached towards the end of 1988 , and , according to Llewellyn , ‘ We told the seller that we certainly would not be prepared to sell it for him unless it was clear that there were no existing legal claims to be made by any third parties against the picture . |
| 7 | The first is to find a timber merchant or cabinet maker who is prepared to machine it for you to the pattern you want — likely to be expensive . |
| 8 | My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself . |
| 9 | Just that they , they 're not willing to do it for nothing , and it 's going to cost you twenty pounds a time on top of the P A hire . |
| 10 | ‘ With the money I 'm prepared to pay you for your half of the house you could buy a more than adequate little base for yourself — and still have change left to indulge in a few luxuries . ’ |
| 11 | He said he would be prepared to place it for me , and he was as good as his word . |
| 12 | This does it for you . |
| 13 | It is far more difficult to approach someone to whom you do not feel at all dose and in many cases the only way to do this is by means of a third person who may be willing to ask them for their opinion of you . |
| 14 | But that night she had knelt in her cell through the long , dark hours , begging the Almighty to forgive her for her envy and sadness . |
| 15 | There is usually little they can do and , even if they could , the imprisoned creatures are too demented to thank them for it . |
| 16 | The accused cashed it for him . |
| 17 | ‘ I love you too much to blame you for it ! |
| 18 | Easy to blame him for everything . ’ |
| 19 | Not content to blame us for our appalling living conditions and poverty , officials and experts seemed determined to persecute us as well . |
| 20 | You said it was rude to ask her for it . |
| 21 | ‘ No good keeping 'em for you when we thought you were dead . ’ |
| 22 | A further 4,000 acres were allotted to commoners and the poor to compensate them for their loss of common rights , but since this was the poorest — indeed it was worthless — land , violent opposition was aroused among the commoners . |
| 23 | But it is such a famous story that we all mistake it for our own . ’ |
| 24 | The English-speaking media applauded Daniel Dubroca as a player and captain on countless occasions , but still felt duty-bound to criticise him for his arbitration . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you all hate me for it ? ’ asked Tess in a low voice . |
| 26 | You 've shown everyone how much you care for her and we all admire you for it . |
| 27 | By then it was too late to enter him for his other preferred Cheltenham Festival target , the Mildmay of Flete Handicap Chase , so he had to take his chance in the big one . |
| 28 | The Cambridge deputy orator of 1957 commended him for his ecumenical work , and as the tireless pastor of the northern province , and made no mention of his academic originality — perhaps the ghost of Bethune-Baker still peeped through a window of the Senate House . |
| 29 | So with Amyas 's long , damp fingers pressed against her eyes , Jennifer was led stumbling into the passage , and on the way up to the house Sir Gregory tried to think how he was going to pacify his wife , who had never been able to forgive him for his infidelity and who had always resented the presence of his bastard 's daughter under her roof when she came to hear Mass . |
| 30 | We spent two summer holidays and three Christmases at the melin before at last we were able to claim it for our own occupation . |