Example sentences of "you [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Call you doctor for advice if symptoms persist for more than a few days . |
| 2 | If you qualify for Income Support then you may also receive , in addition to the allowances listed below , free NHS prescriptions , free dental treatment , help with the cost of travelling to hospital for NHS treatment and vouchers to help with the cost of glasses . |
| 3 | How to work out if you qualify for benefit Maximum and minimum benefit Your savings Your income What you need to live on Calculating your benefit Examples How to claim benefit |
| 4 | How To Work Out If You Qualify For Benefit |
| 5 | The new leaflet will let you know whether or not you qualify for aid . |
| 6 | Do not be afraid to ask questions , particularly , perhaps , questions as to why things are done in the way they are — though you should for a long time be very restrained in any suggestions you make for improvement . |
| 7 | ‘ I want you to go for dinner with me . ’ |
| 8 | What you got for Christmas Day ? |
| 9 | Two copies of each of these Agreements are now being sent by mail to you , and I would ask you to arrange for signature of these documents by Three Vee Ltd , before returning them to us for signature . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean for money ? ’ |
| 11 | What d' you fancy for lunch , Mike ? |
| 12 | Why do n't you stay for school lunch instead of sandwiches ? |
| 13 | Can you stay for dinner ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose you asked for identification ? ’ he added seriously . |
| 15 | I had meant to give a detailed critique of the interaction between performers and studio audience in You Asked For It ( Tuesday , Radio 4 ) , a comedy improvisation game produced by the ‘ Cardiff Comedy Explosion ’ and introduced by a shy man called Luke Sorba . |
| 16 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 17 | If you asked for trouble , you got it . |
| 18 | He tells me you asked for advice because of tantrums and that you agreed to him asking me to call on you … ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ What do you want for breakfast ? ’ |
| 20 | What did you want for breakfast ? |
| 21 | What do you want for breakfast ? |
| 22 | Er , what do you want for breakfast ? |
| 23 | ‘ What do you want for lunch ? ’ enquired Lydia when Emyr , having demonstrated that the taps now functioned , had left . |
| 24 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 25 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 26 | I said to Sally what do you want for Christmas , do you want some chocolates she nearly hit me . |
| 27 | What do you want for Christmas ? |
| 28 | I bet you do ah what do you want for tea ? |
| 29 | Erm , I do n't think we 've got any at the moment cos mum 's just gone to the shops What do you want for tea Lisa ? |
| 30 | If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week . |