Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speed was substituted early on and Pemberton came on giving Fairclough a hand ( although neither Chapman or Morley tested them for pace — basically because they have n't got any ) . |
| 2 | Where Ann wrote it for last year , for my ri |
| 3 | She knew she had nothing to feel guilty about despite her attraction to Luke , having resisted him , but his relationship with Cavell was none of her business really , and whether Luke finally confessed that he had intended to be unfaithful or Cavell discovered it for herself , she did n't want to have to feel responsible for any eventual break-up . |
| 4 | I do n't know if I did it for Dad or Dad did it for me . |
| 5 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 6 | And that Ivor switched it for another , less valuable guinea ? ’ |
| 7 | Like the second course that Barnett entered him for , this time for an accounting system . |
| 8 | They are Amazonian fish , and although they have been in captivity for a very long time , they will appreciate the soft acid water that nature designed them for , and this may prove essential for breeding . |
| 9 | Haydn was ill and could not complete his commission in time , so Mozart finished it for him . |
| 10 | It is evident that Lakatos took it for granted that physics constitutes the paradigm of rationality and good science . |
| 11 | If it is true that God made us for himself , then without God we are bound to live with an underlying frustration and unhappiness . |
| 12 | However , Peter was anxious to be on the move again in the winter of 1983–84 , so Luton signed him for £15,000 . |
| 13 | Besides , I 've got the torch that Flick sent me for Christmas . ’ |
| 14 | When the news was broken to Martha that Lydia wanted her for a bridesmaid , she was excited . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , you lovely feller , not 'alf I would n't , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I was too weak to eat the cheese roll , so Bessie ate it for me . ’ |
| 16 | The following evening , when Kathy came to check on her , it was obvious that Clare blamed her for the shape she was in . |
| 17 | It was late in the afternoon when we arrived , and Taylor took me for a drive through the town , which apart from the centre had been badly damaged . |
| 18 | His occupancy lasted until 1 761 , when he sold it to another local clothier , John Cox , in whose family it remained until 1818 when Elizabeth and William leased it for seven years to the partnership of John Cox and Weston Hicks . |
| 19 | In 1960 his great rivals , Ladbrokes , went into the football business , and Hill sued them for infringement of the copyright in his coupon . |
| 20 | From the beginning she had been angered at having to take the girl in , for Lavender had been lovely , and Liti detested her for it . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , dear , you do n't want to hear my stories , ’ he would say when Benny and Eve plagued him for some information . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it 's fine , ’ Alina said , and Pete watched her for a moment longer , almost as if he was checking her score on a test . |
| 23 | His lips twisted in scorn , and Lissa hated him for that look . |
| 24 | Mallachy , remembering the story they 'd concocted , gave Rory a piece of paper which contained ( he said ) a ‘ list of the addresses ’ , and Rory thanked him for his trouble . |
| 25 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 26 | Nobody used the shed , and Conradin took it for his own . |
| 27 | We exchanged the necessary platitudes and i thanked her for her care . |
| 28 | Cos Rita assembled it for us . |
| 29 | He helped Calamy list the ejectees of 1662 , and Strype thanked him for supplying transcripts . |
| 30 | If God made us for himself , as Augustine recognized at the beginning of his Confessions , then we will always be restless until we orient our lives towards God and rest in him alone . |