Example sentences of "and we [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it . |
| 2 | Yeah , because it should of been fifteen pounds a night and we got it for ten |
| 3 | We get them from other people by communication ; and we get them for ourselves by thinking , or by observation , or both . |
| 4 | But Hampshire are top of the table and we outplayed them for two days . ’ |
| 5 | Sir David Nicholson retires from the Board this year and we thank him for his contribution to the Group over the past nine years . |
| 6 | The other car , the other De Dion we had , burst its radiator , but we are very resourceful ; we went and bought thirty foot of garden hose and connected it to the engine and sent the water round and round the car and that acted as a radiator , and we drove it for a week like that . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And the same thing , that if a major client like the Health and Safety Executive said to me , Ricky we 're running a regional training week in the last week of November , and we want you for three days , you know , I , I do n't say to them well look you know , well two of those days are catch up days , I ca n't possibly do it , why do n't you move your whole regional training week to next week ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The target was demonstrably stronger than the signal from the 24-cm calibration sphere , and we tracked it for 68 seconds , in which time it seemed to dive from 69 m to 114 m ( a speed of0–8 m/s or just under 3 km/h ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Luckily the main guy was able to call me and we discussed it for quite some time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Dave is our boffin , our crazy , lunatic , eccentric and we love him for it . |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |