Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Ann wrote it for last year , for my ri |
| 2 | Haydn was ill and could not complete his commission in time , so Mozart finished it for him . |
| 3 | However , Peter was anxious to be on the move again in the winter of 1983–84 , so Luton signed him for £15,000 . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , you lovely feller , not 'alf I would n't , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I was too weak to eat the cheese roll , so Bessie ate it for me . ’ |
| 5 | Cos Rita assembled it for us . |
| 6 | If God made us for himself , as Augustine recognized at the beginning of his Confessions , then we will always be restless until we orient our lives towards God and rest in him alone . |
| 7 | He began to put on airs and think he was a grown-up who could boss us around until Dad checked him for it . |
| 8 | A asked ‘ What 's in it for me ? ’ and was told that he would receive £10,000 if W bought it for £100,000 or less . |
| 9 | And , since Rachmaninov wrote it for himself to play , it demands a tremendous technique from the soloist . |
| 10 | The verdict on whether Mr Lamont will remain as Chancellor remained open last night , with many Tories seeing it as an electoral mistake to raise fuel bills in the run up the next election , while others praised him for tackling the public deficit . |
| 11 | For Prothero is the demon-king of the Poundian pantomime , ever since Pound cast him for this role by printing , at the end of his essay on De Gourmont — originally in the Little Review , then in Instigations ( 1920 ) — the letter which Prothero wrote him in October 1914 : |
| 12 | My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp . |
| 13 | Designed to counteract poor visibility on murky winter afternoons , it had been used in Scotland and by the visiting South Africans in 1924 before Arsenal adopted it for a public trial match three years later . |
| 14 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 15 | BANKRUPT former publican Maurice Siddle was contemplating suicide hours before police stopped him for drink driving on Christmas Day , a court heard . |
| 16 | BANKRUPT former publican Maurice Siddle was contemplating suicide before police stopped him for drink-driving on Christmas Day , a court heard . |
| 17 | The bald star had been left in tears earlier when fans jeered her for ripping up a picture of the Pope on a US chat show . |
| 18 | A week later , poor Walsh was involved in another traumatic final over as Pakistan despatched him for 14 to win off the final ball . |
| 19 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 20 | And yet when folk got it for their arthritis , okay ? |
| 21 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 22 | But Ken 's experience in working with wood , coupled to a keen eye for design , was soon put to good use when customers asked him for ideas on pond layout , particularly those with a Japanese flavour . |
| 23 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 24 | As God made us for himself , how are we relating to him ? |
| 25 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 26 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 27 | Hoomey wondered who he would go along with when the day came his parents arranged his getting married , for Sikhs arranged it for their sons , Hoomey knew . |
| 28 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 29 | Then , when Warners sued her for breach of contract , she reluctantly agreed to return to the studio corral while making certain that the trade press was fully apprised of her frustration . |
| 30 | Believe it or not , when Charles approached me for help , I saw the attraction of a company specialising in producing beautiful things , which also cares about the people who produce them . ’ |