Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 3 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 4 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 5 | I " fackins I commend thee for that ! |
| 6 | Erm and while I was married I bought it back for twenty and a few months later I sell it for ten pound . |
| 7 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Like tea — we have the same brand each week — but if I know it 's cheaper in one shop I go into that shop , just to get that one thing — like I got it for 1 //6; this week and it 's usually 1 //11; — I like to get the best , but cheaper . |
| 10 | ‘ It has emptied our account , but I got it for twelve hundred and fifty francs . |
| 11 | I got it for six months , te |
| 12 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 13 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 14 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 15 | I used it for New Blues and almost all of Summer Song and perhaps the solo on Rubina 's Blue Sky Happiness . |
| 16 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 17 | I say twelve , and I let it for less because I 'm soft-hearted . |
| 18 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 19 | I hated him for that . |
| 20 | How I hated you for that . ’ |
| 21 | I know with mine it was a pound and , I renewed mine for two years , well three years I think I never drove , I just wanted to have a provisional , but now , I think like if someone said it was fifteen or seventeen |
| 22 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 23 | Councillor is on record , in fact not long after taking his job , that he does n't care much for state education , he prefers , grant maintained schools , the assisted places scheme , which I 'm pleased to say , Lord Mayor , we do n't operate in this district and neither did the Tories when they were in power and I applaud them for that |
| 24 | I owe him for that . ’ |
| 25 | Cos I owe you for those , oh you need to take it out |
| 26 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 27 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 28 | Er I get it for three quid , three something like . |
| 29 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 30 | I thanked him for all he had bought . |