Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb base] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only if you 're a bigger fool than I take you for . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | No I 'm not , erm if I , if I take her for a long run . |
| 4 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |
| 5 | If I worship thee for fear of hell , |
| 6 | But if I worship thee for thyself alone , |
| 7 | If I ask you for something will you sing it ? ’ |
| 8 | Well the thing is if I arrange it for May I can ring er talk to mum and see if she 'll do it |
| 9 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 10 | ‘ If I do it for you , I 've got to do it for everyone … |
| 11 | If I do it for Edward King , somebody will do it for me . |
| 12 | ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’ |
| 13 | Erm do you mind if I leave you for a second ? |
| 14 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 15 | Francis will you come off the floor and go in the sitting room until I shout you for tea . |
| 16 | Cos I owe you for those , oh you need to take it out |
| 17 | Until you see them for yourself , in fact , it 's difficult to conceive just how magnificent they really are . |
| 18 | These are delicious by themselves , but if you use them for Devils on Horseback ( see p112 ) your cocktail party will surely be an enormous success . |
| 19 | If you imagine it for more than two or three minutes , you start crying . ’ |
| 20 | You can set yourself a maximum bid , having viewed the fish beforehand , and can congratulate yourself if you get it for less . |
| 21 | ‘ I know you love Hector , my lord , but I have to say it , if you kill me for it . |
| 22 | Know , if you kill me for my fault , I should Have died had I not made it . |
| 23 | well that 's what I say in all tablets and that if you take 'em for long you 'll become addictive to them |
| 24 | ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones . |
| 25 | It 's to keep you invested in building societies , only they , they 're frantic because all the money 's going out and they want to keep their erm their erm deposits up , so they 're offering these schemes , and they are quite good , there are no charges as such , but er you 'll get the value of the fund that they 've made , or you 'll get a say two or three percent bonus per annum on top of the er share rate , er if you keep it for four or five years . |
| 26 | If you do it for one you do it for everybody . |
| 27 | If you do it for when you 've actually left home , when you , when you 've actual left at twenty past seven no |
| 28 | Well it is quite fine , I mean it do does make your eyes ache if you do it for too long . |
| 29 | If you do it for our side |
| 30 | Yeah well we 've got set jobs but I mean like we 'll say look I 'll do post for you today if you do it for me like whenever |