Example sentences of "we [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it . |
| 2 | In July we asked you for your original ideas on alternative uses for our free filter matting — and offered a prize of a ‘ lifetime 's supply ’ of Crystal Clear airline . |
| 3 | Could the photograph , the fire , the fire fighter probably wo n't think of it , could , could we think it for him , or her . |
| 4 | But for what we want it for ours is good enough . |
| 5 | We want it for our children and for our country . |
| 6 | ‘ We found her for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There is every reason to remember George Bush 's achievements and the debt of gratitude we owe him for his leadership . |
| 8 | Only if it is made strange or different do we see it for what it really is . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ Now we know them for what they are — the party of devaluation . ’ |
| 10 | We get them from other people by communication ; and we get them for ourselves by thinking , or by observation , or both . |
| 11 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 12 | But even at his most confused , the essence of Maurice was still there , and we loved him for it even when it drove us spare . |
| 13 | He said well you 've got no bloody springs on the pawls , I says so I picked a tin of springs up , we kept it for anybody who wanted a spring for their bike , any spring where , you know the hooks on each end ? |
| 14 | It 's er , it 's not , it 's just one of the most undervalued words in the English language , we use it for everything but in this context we 've got ta see it clothed wi with dignity and all the glory that it deserves , God loved her ! |
| 15 | Nor should we blame them for their predicament . |
| 16 | One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce . |
| 17 | We chose it for it 's elegant design . |
| 18 | After all , the Japanese will say , we did it for you . |
| 19 | We decided to show it to a booking agent who books cabaret , so I spoke to Harry Dawson who did a lot of , cabaret work and we auditioned it for him . |
| 20 | Obviously interpreted your er But I think we 'll have to work towards that and I I agree Sue I think there 's two ways either saying , you know , we don we do it for everything , or |
| 21 | I says if we do it for you it 'll cost you a fortune , he said |
| 22 | I think we bought him for something like 650,000 . |
| 23 | ‘ Dave is our boffin , our crazy , lunatic , eccentric and we love him for it . |
| 24 | Did you do anything with the erm names we gave you for nil absence ? |
| 25 | How can we get them for her ? |
| 26 | What did we get you for your birthday last year , I ca n't remember ? |
| 27 | We wrote it for you . |
| 28 | Now of course what happened is that we claimed , we w went to the insurance and then they took they got a list of what was damaged and we replaced it for what he 'd lost er exactly . |
| 29 | Sir David Nicholson retires from the Board this year and we thank him for his contribution to the Group over the past nine years . |
| 30 | We thank you for your response . |