Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swine owes me for two weeks . |
| 2 | Since then the Edinburgh Zoo has seen upwards of 50 000 people using it for this purpose in a year . |
| 3 | By all means prosecute them for that . |
| 4 | Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust . |
| 5 | She says that they were desperate for food , and the pike fed them for two days . |
| 6 | The Radio Times stressed that Ghostwatch with Mike Parkinson on Saturday was a drama yet people took it for real . |
| 7 | It 's always difficult to come to a conclusion about portable computers because people buy them for different reasons . |