Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 2 | Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 4 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 5 | ‘ May I also put it on record that I love you for your mind ? ’ said Leo earnestly . |
| 6 | My recurring nightmare is that I circle it for ever , never able to get off . |
| 7 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
| 8 | My recommendation is that we scrap them for the ten year decade of evangelism as a trial period and then think again in AD 2000 ! |
| 9 | This can only be good for the G M B and it would hopefully bring on board some , if not all of the doubting Thomases , that have said in the past that we do nothing for them . |
| 10 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 11 | ‘ And was n't he being romantic when he suggested that we consider you for this job ? |
| 12 | When parliament allows groups of individuals to exercise such power it should come as no surprise that they use it for their own advantage and contrary to the public interest . |
| 13 | The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them . |
| 14 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 15 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 16 | She could ring Jamie and suggest that he write something for it . |
| 17 | There can be no doubt that he rewrote it for Ken . |