Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | So we agreed to do it for him . |
2 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
3 | That gives us the potential of raising two thousand pounds , because we intend to sell them for one ninety nine . |
4 | Beer seems such a simple drink that we tend to take it for granted . |
5 | Within the Western tradition of art we tend to take it for granted that much can be learned from the study of the art of the past and , traditionally , copying from the works of the Great Masters was one of a young student 's most important tasks . |
6 | Technology is so pervasive , so much an intrinsic part of modern life , that we tend to take it for granted . |
7 | For the rest of us , it seems commonplace and obvious that we should be able to think , imagine , perceive and remember in the ways that we do , and we tend to take it for granted that the rest of the world has the same sort of experience of everyday life that we do . |
8 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
9 | We want to do it for him . ’ |
10 | Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material |
11 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
12 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
13 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
14 | Even though we 'd sold it for a ridiculously low . |
15 | When this happens , we begin to enjoy him for himself , present within us . |
16 | We begin to ask him for more of his love to love him more . |
17 | How are we going to prepare ourselves for that competitive market er if our interest rates are such that they 're starving industry of it 's investment and pushing business after business into liquidation and throwing people out of jobs ? |
18 | We train to do something for a particular purpose , to develop the performance of specific tasks or skills . |
19 | We decided to hire him for the day , and negotiated a price . |
20 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
21 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
22 | We do thank you for your support for us as a family , and to those who have given financial support . |
23 | May we come to respect ourselves for sticking to our principles and living our lives with honesty and integrity . |
24 | Wanderers chairman Geoff Wyatt issued the following statement : ‘ By amicable agreement the three coaches have parted company with the club and we wish to thank them for their committment and efforts during their time as coaches with us . ’ |
25 | Beryl and Peter Benyon acknowledge their thanks and say : ‘ We wish to thank you for your great support and for being part of our work . |
26 | ‘ You , my boy , have done a wonderful thing for us and in return we wish to do something for you . |
27 | We 've kept her for bloody eighteen years ! |
28 | And we 've done nothing for two years . ’ |
29 | We 've done it for years , even won the FA Cup , but I do n't now how long I can go on . |
30 | For example if you had the London Mozart players here as we frequently did and frequently played to full houses , then even with a hundred percent house there was a subsidy required of something like seven or eight pounds per seat , in order to meet the cost of presenting that particular concert and we 've done it for years but sadly when we had to make cuts that was one of things the board decided they had to cut up they had to save money somehow . |