Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He chatted on about them for the rest of the journey , as she had hoped he would , and she learnt that they could n't be better looked after . |
2 | Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting . |
3 | One of the sons had done the right thing and had taken the pressure off me for a while . |
4 | I understand all right , and if you think you 're going to live off me for the rest of your life you 're mistaken . |
5 | Two you had off me for the fete . |
6 | ‘ So how about me for a mate ? ’ |
7 | If you intend to tile over existing tiles , you will have to drill holes through them for the masonry pins . |
8 | I personally think he suits their style more and will probably do good things for them for a while , until he gets bored , or dropped , or injured . |
9 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
10 | That 's an area where they 're not gon na get involved unless there 's an awful lot of money and yes , there is money , for them for a training budget , but certainly not enough to cover what would be lost if , if Tomlinson , and let's face it , if they win Tomlinson it will just continue . |
11 | Bénéteau will build a maxi for them for the race . |
12 | A day 's journey with small children , or alternatively getting someone to care for them for the day , is not easy . |
13 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
14 | The little girl answered and the conversation flowed between them for a while ; the little boy did n't say anything . |
15 | The only objects in the entire room were two upturned wooden boxes to serve as chairs and a third box between them for a table . |
16 | Piper squirmed between them for a moment , fighting to get free , then went limp . |
17 | PAUL Hodkinson and Colin McMillan are demanding £500,000 between them for a world featherweight title showdown . |
18 | It recognized that there was a National Health Service and a private sector and , rather than arguing that one should be taken over by the other , proposed sensible cooperation between them for the benefit of patients . |
19 | Therefore price competition between them for the right to sell to the retailers would drive price to marginal cost . |
20 | Do you want to just hold that on there for me for a second . |
21 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
22 | Would you and Karen mind standing in for me for a while ? ’ |
23 | Can you just get up and look under your seat for me for a moment ? |
24 | ‘ But it means you work for me for the rest of your life to pay me back . ’ |
25 | Smart Drive going in , the new Smart Drive p p presumably it will put my mouse driv my new mouse driver in for me for the day when I want one ? |
26 | Peel the patates for me for the soup , she said : and I 'll keep the pan of choux mixture for you to lick . |
27 | Last time Roger was outside waiting for me for an hour and a half |
28 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
29 | My sister looked after me for a week . |
30 | Theda stood looking after them for a moment , aware of her own burning curiosity . |