Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb base] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if you stop crying and ask for it properly and you do n't mind if mummy or daddy do it for you that 's fine . |
| 2 | But some people do n't like having the responsibility of doing their own thinking — they let the Church or television do it for them . |
| 3 | One of the many dimensional technologies that IMC court us for . ’ |
| 4 | If the police can exploit the technique for measuring the speed of road hogs , dare we hope to find that bats use it for measuring the speed of insect prey ? |
| 5 | ‘ It is vital that companies prepare themselves for the new Europe and this initiative will help firms in the south . |
| 6 | These are the sort of things you might suggest that people give you for your birthday , Christmas or other religious celebration . |
| 7 | It put me in mind of the man I met there , and Ill tell you for free , you 're nothing like him . |
| 8 | These are practical sessions where students and tutors prepare themselves for work with children in the second half of the term . |
| 9 | Whether planning a day trip , a weekend away from it all or a relaxing holiday , NOTTINGHAM and NOTTINGHAMSHIRE have something for everyone to enjoy . |
| 10 | Wright 's last appearance for his country was as a sub against Hungary in Budapest in May , and Graham promised : ‘ If England pick him for the game against Norway next month he 'll join the squad ’ . |
| 11 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 12 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 13 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 14 | [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman . |
| 15 | You and Matthew have it for each other so bad you probably could n't add two and two together . ’ |
| 16 | If Modernists criticise me for copying the old , I tell them it takes a lifetime to do it well . |
| 17 | And God bless him for that . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll never know if people want you for your looks or for yourself . |
| 19 | Gransden and Eykyn chide us for mentioning kanamycin , which has been superseded in Britain by newer drugs . |
| 20 | The RAC and AA do it for garages . |
| 21 | It can presumably survive , even though it is edible to birds , because birds take it for a monarch , and avoid it . |
| 22 | Schmeichel seemed certain to miss Monday ‘ s Premier League match at Southampton because Denmark need him for their game in Latvia on Wednesday . |
| 23 | It 's always difficult to come to a conclusion about portable computers because people buy them for different reasons . |
| 24 | I say useless ' because people buy them for only one reason , which is to injure or , at the very least , to threaten other individuals . |