Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to face her then , his eyes intent as they met hers for one long minute , and she had the strangest feeling that he was trying to look inside her soul . |
| 2 | Because they all hate us , they hate us for being different , for not being them , for their own not being like us . |
| 3 | You have betrayed them , and they hate you for it . |
| 4 | But , I mean , they sell them round at Dash Hill for erm , they sell them for two hundred and fifty do n't , the shops |
| 5 | Yeah , they buy gas at eighteen P and they sell it for forty three P . |
| 6 | Guess what , they made one for Super Nintendo . |
| 7 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 8 | They asked her for ‘ pen portraits ’ of the seven children who were pupils at the school . |
| 9 | They asked me for more money . |
| 10 | They asked me for £400,000 each . |
| 11 | Many times they asked me for them by title . |
| 12 | Whether they get the computer software , dolls and musical instruments they asked him for remains to be seen . |
| 13 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 14 | In the nineteenth century , however , those who conducted the research did not really believe that their subjects would tell them the truth reliably if they asked them for information directly , and so they drew inferences about people 's ideas , religious beliefs , political commitments and so on from the type of literature they had on their shelf or the pictures they had on their walls . |
| 15 | Then they asked us for lunch . |
| 16 | they sold it for quite a bit of money and |
| 17 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 18 | ‘ What , in the name of the Old Snake , do they want me for ? ’ |
| 19 | What is more , the Spirit who has become resident in the followers of Jesus mediates to them the victory over the world which Jesus had ( 4:4 ) as they trust him for the power to overcome temptation ( 5:3,4 ) . |
| 20 | They trust me for my word and my attitude . ’ |
| 21 | They make it for you , ’ he said with the same lack of expression . |
| 22 | But she is so pretty , they forgive her for it . |
| 23 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 24 | I 'm just telling you , what they want me for — ’ |
| 25 | And what they want him for ? |
| 26 | ‘ Whatever they want you for , they wo n't get you through me . |
| 27 | They want it for nothing or or |
| 28 | they want it for a |
| 29 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |
| 30 | The Russian official recently so upset his domestic association that they suspended him for two months , although UEFA insist : ‘ He 's still one of the best referees in Europe and the right man for the job . ’ |