Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 2 | There is an unconditional appropriation when the goods are identified and the third person acknowledges that he now holds them for the buyer , Wardars ( Import & exports ) v. W. Norwood ( 1968 C.A. ) . |
| 3 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 4 | It covers me for the preparation work to an industrial tribunal . |
| 5 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |
| 6 | Make sure home contents insurance covers you for the move . |
| 7 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 8 | if the gallery accepts you for a solo exhibition , they will normally organise everything and bear the costs of running and advertising it . |
| 9 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 10 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 11 | The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet . |
| 12 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |
| 13 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 14 | I needs it for a wager on the Brasseywing . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 16 | Tomorrow , of course , Kathleen Long joins us for the Phone the Doc slot . |
| 17 | As in Between , the binary definitions on which structuralist theory is founded receive parodic treatment which voids them of their original function and uses them for the purpose of telling the tale(s) of the novel . |
| 18 | Proclaims you for a man replete with mocks ; |
| 19 | She blames him for the break-up of the coterie . |
| 20 | ‘ He blames him for the press not being here , ’ Celia said . |
| 21 | If IBM actually endorses it for the Presentation Manager it will become a second standard ! |
| 22 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 23 | Well , I 'm basically interested in the way in which education , or formal schooling , has attempted to prepare girls for their lives in the future , whether it prepares them for a life of , say , motherhood and working in the family , or whether it 's encouraging them to do work outside the home and try and achieve in the areas that men traditionally achieve . |
| 24 | In the second year , language work extends students ' oral and written skills , with increased attention to style and idiom , and also prepares them for the year abroad . |
| 25 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 26 | Our yachts are well maintained , so much so that we offer generous guarantees of compensation if rare failure immobilises you for a day . |
| 27 | Simple , quick and satisfying , self-massage prepares you for the day ahead , restoring energy and easing tension from a weary body . |
| 28 | Jacob 's demand for a blessing is only what we would expect , and yet it prepares us for the turning point in the story , which follows immediately afterwards , and takes us back into the clearer air of the larger narrative . |
| 29 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
| 30 | But he was saying you see , what 's happened is the they is n't his he just delivers them for the bloke |