Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pron] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 3 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 4 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 5 | She would have admired him for that , once . |
| 6 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 7 | As she flew up to her room , she thought her father might have killed her for that speech . |
| 8 | She could easily have slapped her for that remark , which was silly really , but nonetheless that was how she felt . |