Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 2 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 4 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 5 | ‘ May I also put it on record that I love you for your mind ? ’ said Leo earnestly . |
| 6 | My recurring nightmare is that I circle it for ever , never able to get off . |
| 7 | ‘ Only if you 're a bigger fool than I take you for . ’ |
| 8 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
| 9 | Just as you have a routine for looking after your skin , so you need one for looking after your hair . |
| 10 | My recommendation is that we scrap them for the ten year decade of evangelism as a trial period and then think again in AD 2000 ! |
| 11 | This can only be good for the G M B and it would hopefully bring on board some , if not all of the doubting Thomases , that have said in the past that we do nothing for them . |
| 12 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 13 | ‘ And was n't he being romantic when he suggested that we consider you for this job ? |
| 14 | ‘ Most of the people around the business know how to use Lotus , so we use it for the majority of our day-to-day work , the smaller and the one-off jobs . |
| 15 | When parliament allows groups of individuals to exercise such power it should come as no surprise that they use it for their own advantage and contrary to the public interest . |
| 16 | The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them . |
| 17 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 18 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 19 | She could ring Jamie and suggest that he write something for it . |
| 20 | There can be no doubt that he rewrote it for Ken . |
| 21 | How about your Christmas card this year ? why not knit one and them photograph it for a really professional look ? |
| 22 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 23 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 24 | ‘ And I envy you for living here in these surroundings . ’ |
| 25 | I am grateful for the opportunity to enlighten the hon. Gentleman , and I thank him for his question . |
| 26 | I know of my hon. Friend 's deep interest in the affairs of the Province and I thank her for it . |
| 27 | And when , as shadow education spokesman , I was a frontline campaigner in the nineteen eighty seven election , it was the G M B which provided me with the necessary facilities to carry out that role , and I thank them for it . |
| 28 | We have enjoyed the loyal and industrious support of our employees throughout and I thank them for their individual contributions to the year 's achievements . ’ |
| 29 | At the same time , I would warn Obair * , the same as I would warn anybody setting up a scheme , to make sure that the scheme is properly run , to make sure that the scheme is n't used to take jobs away from either the domestics , the home helps or any other jobs in the health service — make sure that abuse is taken away and I certainly wish them luck in the future and I thank you for inviting me here to speak . |
| 30 | And I thank you for your advice . |