Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 2 | That she does it for the money , which symbolises affection , emotional security and personal achievement . |
| 3 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 4 | We do n't mind you giving us rubbish , provided you charges us for it as rubbish . ’ |
| 5 | Miss Clapp sees the excuse notes and she takes me for English . |
| 6 | Now she gets them and she sells them for ten quid . |
| 7 | Over and over he told himself : ‘ You failed her , and she hates you for it . |
| 8 | ‘ Mrs Morey says I 've got beautiful hair and she brushes it for me . ’ |
| 9 | You said that in our newsletter , because our checkout manager said that she 's found life extremely difficult with all the changes of shifts , and that in her department they have lots of problems , so she 's got like a pro forma checkout news , and she asks them for things that go into this , that they , you know , that they want bringing up , and specific things that they 're having difficulty with . |
| 10 | ‘ If she asks you for money and shows you the letters , you can say that you did n't write them . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It does n't matter , if she does it for Nails . ’ |
| 12 | And he hates me for giving in to them , and for seeing how he 's shrunk . |
| 13 | He tells us that he ‘ spent months researching ’ ( citations from his letter , The Art Newspaper No. 22 , October 1992 , p.3 ) the texts which he uses in his work at the Neue Galerie at Kassel and he criticises me for ‘ forgetting ’ these texts which took him so long to research , even though they are clearly mentioned in the second , fourth and fifth paragraphs of my article which comprises only seven paragraphs . |
| 14 | I expect he is going to die in prison and he deserves it for what he has done . ’ |
| 15 | Unless Bill 's gone to the shop and he brings them for her . |
| 16 | For years , the only person who believed that Alfred Molina would ever become a star was his wife , actress Jill Gascoine , and he credits her for his new-found success . |
| 17 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 18 | Once again , having selected the fax as the print device , you ‘ print ’ to it and it asks you for the address details . |
| 19 | We want satisfaction , we want completeness in life , and so we try this and it gives it for a moment , but when it 's finished we 've got ta try something else . |
| 20 | Why does the right hon. Gentleman think that is , if he blames me for everything ? |
| 21 | Claire says it 's always a challenge … you sometimes get cold … but she does it for enjoyment there 's no other reason |
| 22 | Jane Austen has her abbeys too , but she values them for rather different reasons . |
| 23 | ‘ But he has you for company , ’ began Ruth . |
| 24 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 25 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |
| 26 | A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land , or who picks flowers , fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land , does not ( although not in possession of the land ) , steal what he picks , unless he does it for reward or for sale or other commercial purpose . |
| 27 | And I reckon that he 's the sort of person who would turn into someone that would hit someo hit his his woman , because he takes her for granted enough as it is , and that , I reckon that 's how wife battering starts because the husband starts taking the woman for granted so much |
| 28 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
| 29 | ‘ Because it suits me for Louis to believe I have problems , and that I 'm trying to forget them in the arms of an attractive young woman I 'm not willing to share . ’ |
| 30 | I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it . |