Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've all bought it for nothing . ’ |
| 2 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 4 | I think we 've only had one for ages and ages . |
| 5 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've only got her for five years , then she has to go back to the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 7 | you 've just done it for there . |
| 8 | You 've just confirmed it for me . ’ |
| 9 | Well yeah , and yes they 've just asked them for forty grand more have n't they ? |
| 10 | If you 've just joined us for the eight o'clock news , as many people do , welcome . |
| 11 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |
| 12 | " Why — Martha , girl — I 've always taken it for granted that you and me would — would - " |
| 13 | No , I 've always admired them for doing it their own way and getting away with it all the way to the end . |
| 14 | The skirt pattern I 've designed for you is for Japanese machines , but I 've also made one for Passap/Pfaff . |
| 15 | He said , ’ Walker , I 've now known you for four years , and this is the first intelligent thing that you have done . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've provisionally arranged it for tomorrow , ’ Veronica answered . |
| 17 | And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this . |
| 18 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 19 | I 've never asked them for anything before … then all of a sudden , you become partly dependent on them … it 's very difficult . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 21 | I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling . |
| 22 | I know girls who say , ‘ Oh , I 've never done it for money , but he 'll give me this and that ’ . |
| 23 | I 've never seen her for years |
| 24 | You know damn well I 've never blamed you for what happened that night ; it was one of those risks we had to take . |
| 25 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
| 26 | They 've actually asked us for five hundred . |
| 27 | A lot of couples involved with our singles ministry have taken the challenge of ‘ hands-off ’ courting and have since thanked us for it , even though at the time they wondered if they could not get by with something a bit less conservative . |
| 28 | His club , Northants , have already banned him for two games . |
| 29 | ‘ I have already paid her for tonight . ’ |
| 30 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |