Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 2 | On this pinnacle of enthusiasm , with promises to meet later for dinner , or tea , or supper , and do not forget our daughter and our boat of course you must use it for your fishing and good day , Colonel Hope , good day — the hills are called fells by the natives … |
| 3 | ‘ I must thank you for your kindness — and you too , Mrs Wood . |
| 4 | ‘ That is what he wanted us all to think , including the Men , ’ said Minch , ‘ and we should honour him for his cunning and intelligence . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's a professional photographer — I must pay him for his work ! ’ |
| 6 | Yet it is impossible I should love him for his vices all ugly him over . |
| 7 | ‘ Martin , ’ she said , almost urbanely , ‘ you must forgive us for our daughter . |
| 8 | Well I ai n't bothered cos Geoff 'll eat it for his lunch . |
| 9 | ‘ You 'll need them for your programming . |
| 10 | I 'll need it for my missionary work in India , and you could help me to learn it by studying with me . |
| 11 | I thought you might use it for your files . ’ |
| 12 | I nodded in agreement , saying : ‘ We 'll keep it for our New Year 's present . ’ |
| 13 | I thought you an' Dolly might like it for yer supper tonight , but what 'appened ? |
| 14 | You get one of the lads that works with me , if he catches three of them he says well I 'll have them for my dinner . |
| 15 | " Ah 'll pay ye for your time , Jack . |
| 16 | He 'll save it for his own . |
| 17 | ‘ If I say one of my contacts tipped me off , I expect you 'll pester me for his name . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll reimburse them for their time , of course . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That would be the stupidest thing you ever did because he 'll fight you for your child and he 'll win . ’ |
| 20 | May claim thee for his pains . |
| 21 | Reza Shah exiled one ayatollah who dared to criticize the Shah 's female relations for entering a shrine unveiled , Indeed , one of his military aides was said to have violated the sanctuary of the shrine by marching in and dragging the ayatollah out by his beard , so that the Shah could whip him for his lese-majeste . |
| 22 | Then it would be her lunchtime , and probably another feed , and after that they 'd send her for her afternoon rest , and then collect the specimens and the data from him for the next day 's test session . |
| 23 | At least , she could understand him for her uncle , later to be the 6th Duke , was deaf as well . |
| 24 | When I go up to the farm to get Mummy 's eggs , I 'll ask if we could use it for our meetings and … ’ |
| 25 | Adam could have it for his long vacation . |
| 26 | I got them for me , I 'd get them for me daughter but I do n't know if she likes them |
| 27 | People used to get them for their children and |
| 28 | As feminists , we need to have a way of looking at this work which makes us think about whose shattered lives and suffering produced the money used to pay her for her paintings — namely the poor rural workers of Britain and Ireland and the enslaved African peoples working in the West Indies and the American colonies . |
| 29 | N nowadays I hear erm or the lads who have been they go out They 've been working with contractor and they say how different it is when your mother was alive , everybody who came here they they used to join us for their dinner . |
| 30 | Grandma would use it for her buttonholes when she went to church , along with a flower or two . |