Example sentences of "we [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if you write to us on your return we compensate you for outbound delays as follows : |
| 2 | We sold him for £100,000 to race in America and bought him back for £25,000 when he did nothing over there . |
| 3 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 4 | It is , perhaps , salutary to reflect upon how difficult we make it for older people to use the range of leisure facilities provided either because of physical access problems , inappropriate classes and high entry costs . |
| 5 | Moreover , we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it . |
| 6 | " We sell them for a penny each , " Miss Poraway explained . |
| 7 | Erm , last week we consulted Devon County Council , we sell it for peanuts , unfortunately now , because the market as we know , with people being keener on to the recycling plus products flooding in from Germany creating products . |
| 8 | We asked him for news about our situation but as usual there was nothing he could , or would , tell us . |
| 9 | We asked him for general news . |
| 10 | And we had people coming back after they 'd actually done their run out there saying , Do you want any help with I mean that 's what we asked them for |
| 11 | When we asked them for details about their visit they were very coy . |
| 12 | In July we asked you for your original ideas on alternative uses for our free filter matting — and offered a prize of a ‘ lifetime 's supply ’ of Crystal Clear airline . |
| 13 | We asked you for a letter written by a father to his son admitting that he has some embarrassing or socially undesirable condition . |
| 14 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 15 | ‘ To buy a player of Kevin 's experience would cost a fortune but we got him for free . |
| 16 | . And they were n't the Victorian prizes , that I won , I we got them for getting through an exam , because you could write or something , and er tt well , they were quite good books , and it was one way of getting a book . |
| 17 | Yeah , they we got them for thirty so mind you |
| 18 | We got it for all the tournament . |
| 19 | Well we had a piano actually , we got it for Doreen and Doreen she started to learn , she went to Mr . |
| 20 | We got it for four pound fifty . |
| 21 | Yeah , because it should of been fifteen pounds a night and we got it for ten |
| 22 | No , they 're not really , you got a stand by , you got it for eight fifty , and cos we 're students , instead of eight fifty , we got it for five . |
| 23 | What do we want them for ? |
| 24 | Er what time do we want it for ? |
| 25 | Could the photograph , the fire , the fire fighter probably wo n't think of it , could , could we think it for him , or her . |
| 26 | We monitored them for a period of about twelve months before we reported to members on the outcome . |
| 27 | Let's start with the yes 's , what what do we need them for ? |
| 28 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 29 | ‘ We used it for shirting in 1992 and we 're using it in blends with linen for suitings for spring 1993 . ’ |
| 30 | It is the kind of rapid , critical examination to which we expose another person when we encounter them for the first time . |