Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [verb] her for " in BNC.
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1 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
2 | ‘ How many times did you ask her for money ? ’ |
3 | " Then what in the name of Christ did you buy her for ? " |
4 | What do you want her for ? |
5 | What do you want her for ? |
6 | What do you want her for ? |
7 | Os what do you want her for ? |
8 | ‘ What do you need her for ? |
9 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
10 | What did they take her for ? |
11 | What did it want her for ? |
12 | Only when it became totally apparent that she would never reform and was bent on self-destruction for both of them did he leave her for the younger and more stable Lauren Bacall . |
13 | Did he take her for a fool ? |
14 | No longer did he ask her for cuttings of her pubic hair ! |