Example sentences of "on [pers pn] for [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rely on everybody else , but she has to rely on me for her food and comfort . |
| 2 | ‘ I pleaded with you to stay but you turned your back on me for your career and your partner . |
| 3 | When you walked out on me for your career and your partner ? ’ |
| 4 | I rely on you for my information on domestic American politics , on which , admittedly , I am not an expert . |
| 5 | Shame on her for her ignorance . |
| 6 | Here she was , past the prime of life it was true , but grumbling because others depended on her for their family traditions to be kept up , and here was Doris Smythe with no family and unable to do much for herself — and she was the sort of person who 'd always helped others when she was younger , Linda remembered . |
| 7 | The second , and the one with which he is still struggling , required him to search for a means of making the pupils less dependent on him for their mathematics . |
| 8 | My husband had many friends there and they sometimes called on him for his help and advice . |
| 9 | The Joker is a very intelligent horse and knows his ‘ covering bridle ’ which we use on him for his studwork , or his ordinary bridle when he is ridden , and behaves accordingly . |
| 10 | The voluntary sector is a large employer of ACE schemes and now relies heavily on it for its funding . |
| 11 | However , most of his tours are accompanied by freelance lecturers , though never those who rely on it for their livelihood , who , he thinks , get stale . |
| 12 | ( 1 ) Official figures indicate that one in five of southern Italians and a quarter of Greeks and Portuguese work in agriculture , although the numbers significantly dependent on it for their livelihood must be considerably higher . |
| 13 | He says in Mexico for instance there are communities who depend on it for their livelihood and who benefit from the sale of the wood . |
| 14 | Tourism does bring economic benefits to rural areas , but it is usually considered to be a mixed blessing , even by those who depend on it for their living . |
| 15 | Phil is making notes on it for his Man programme . |
| 16 | If any doctor had depended on us for his living , then he would have died in penury . |