Example sentences of "for [pers pn] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because , my dear , ’ Marc gave a perceptible sigh , ‘ as I 've already suggested , if you 're not going to play it my way you can best show your regard for him by taking up my alternative offer of an airline ticket before he returns . |
| 2 | Nothing , if the injury persisted , but whatever a man 's mates might collect for him by passing round a hat . |
| 3 | But the war also completed his task for him by sweeping away the remains of the system under which golf professionals had been subjugated as decent , working-class chaps . |
| 4 | She 'd been slow to see that , and tried to make up for it by saying quickly : ‘ Her jumping over ca n't have helped Eismark 's career . ’ |
| 5 | Not to his face , you understand , and he did make up for it by giving lavishly to the church … ’ |