Example sentences of "['s] sake [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never late Jo is , half-past eight sharp like a bloody train steaming up and come on Maggie for Christ 's sake they close the nursery doors at nine you should know that by now . |
| 2 | I wanted to bring ye both in there , but Shamus says , for Christ 's sake they 're me own brother and his wife . |
| 3 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |
| 4 | They have subsequently been developed by other thinkers , but for clarity 's sake we shall treat them as a single body of thought . |
| 5 | I know it will be expensive , but for Christ 's sake we 're dealing with a maniac . ’ |
| 6 | An intellectual amusement resides in the interplay between what for simplicity 's sake we can represent as just two contrasting ranges of marked and unmarked language — although arse is undoubtedly less marked than fuck . |
| 7 | to five p.m. but put it on tape for God 's sake we ca n't stand this you know . |
| 8 | He did n't want them either , but he felt that for Timmy 's sake she should take what was on offer . |
| 9 | Her picture of God ( which came from experiences in the past ) was so distorted that without realizing it she was believing a grotesque caricature of God which for sanity 's sake she was forced at the same time to doubt . |
| 10 | There was nothing Claudia would have liked more than for Dana to put distance between herself and Roman , but for Berenice 's sake she must n't be allowed to divert Garry 's attention away from his wife . |
| 11 | There was no hint of compassion or understanding in those beautiful blue eyes , no hint that he would even consider an appeal , but for Grantham and Marsh 's sake she had to make one . |
| 12 | For Kirsty 's sake she had to put on a bright face . |
| 13 | She could n't take their mother 's place , of course , but for Liz 's sake she must try to do everything she possibly could for the little girls . |
| 14 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 15 | For modesty 's sake she got out of her clothes and into her night clothes , and , taking her black dress with her , she left her room , crossed the sitting-room , and hung her dress in the spacious wardrobes in the lobby . |
| 16 | For their mother 's sake he had to be taken away . |
| 17 | Nothing could save the cities from God 's judgement , yet for Lot 's sake he spares Zoar and delays the cataclysm till Lot is safe . |
| 18 | He knew instinctively that this was no casual conversation and that for Cora-Beth 's sake he must be honest . |
| 19 | For god 's sake he 's he 's played that |
| 20 | For safety 's sake it is always best to also enclose the fields in quotation marks as this gets round the problem of commas both in text fields and as thousands separators in numbers . |
| 21 | For Zoe 's sake it might be necessary for them to come back . |
| 22 | I got up out the chair and er went out the front door and I said to her for God 's sake it 's Sunday ! |
| 23 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 24 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 25 | For Jeff 's sake I 'll agree to help you . ’ |
| 26 | I really fancy Peter like flipping god 's sake I mean I really do . |
| 27 | For your family 's sake you should make one , and during November you can also help people in the poorest countries of the world . |
| 28 | After I 've heard their conversation for God 's sake you know , have a bit of heart ! |
| 29 | This was for economy 's sake you see , you could n't afford to buy shoes like people buy them now and just throw them away . |
| 30 | For God 's sake you know what they 're like in the village . |