Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] [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 | And put them your side since we found that I did them for you . |
| 7 | My recurring nightmare is that I circle it for ever , never able to get off . |
| 8 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 9 | I 'd just like to add that included in the numbers that I gave you for Camco were not just redundancy costs , but costs of closures of sales offices , distribution networks and some other special one-time charges , so it 's not pure redundancy when you look at the numbers that I gave you earlier on . |
| 10 | Ellen was sure now that she had him for her own and most likely thought it a fair return for her investment of time and trouble . |
| 11 | That she does it for the money , which symbolises affection , emotional security and personal achievement . |
| 12 | ‘ They do say , ’ said Caspar thrillingly , ‘ that she pursued him for positively centuries , until he gave in , purely to get her out of his way . |
| 13 | I do n't think that she wants anything for it |
| 14 | He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets . |
| 15 | Again , like Microsoft , WordPerfect UK would rather that you contacted them for an upgrade . |
| 16 | You said that you got it for a bet , well a bet is usually something like swimming in the North Sea on Christmas Day , I mean something sharp and brief , while working for a degree , however brilliant you are , takes years . |
| 17 | Well , the you 've heard , I 've heard some people being nasty and , and they did n't say no , but it was always , not always it was occasionally done grudgingly , and , and erm in many cases of course it was done willingly , you know come in yes please do , and , and they did n't even want the penny that , that you offered them for the telephone call . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The one that you bought her for Christmas . |
| 20 | It 's a luxury though , I mean you know , you do n't need it , the fact that we got one for Christmas it was very nice , but |
| 21 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 22 | I was glad to be able to say that we had something for them in return — we were bringing a distinguished visitor in the person of George Turner , a Llangollen stationmaster in BR days , before the line was closed . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 26 | ‘ And was n't he being romantic when he suggested that we consider you for this job ? |
| 27 | Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them . |
| 30 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |