Example sentences of "you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , but you want one that 's closed up do n't ya for that picture |
| 2 | Well as that , from my experience , they only pay ya for what your worth , not what , do n't pay ya because your good looking or anything like that |
| 3 | Wonder if they 've charged ya for er |
| 4 | yeah , I mean for twenty thousand what could you have ? , you could have a Calibre could n't ya for twenty thousand |
| 5 | ‘ What am I explainin' all this to ye for ? |
| 6 | Swamps of wild rush-beds and sloughs ' squashy traces , Grounds of rough fallows with thistle and weed , Flats and low vallies of kingcups and daisies , Sweetest of subjects are ye for my reed : Ye commons left free in the rude rags of nature , Ye brown heaths beclothed in furze as ye be , My wild eye in rapture adores every feature , Ye are dear as this heart in my bosom to me . |
| 7 | Also , Lord God , we ask that you remember the dark deeds of any communistic so-called-interrogators , in this time of great upheaval in eastern Europe ; we know that you will not forget their crimes when their day of reckoning comes , and their guttural , Slavic voices cry out to ye for mercy , and ye reward them with all the compassion they ever showed to those unfortunate souls delivered unto them . |
| 8 | " Ah 'll pay ye for your time , Jack . |
| 9 | " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog . |
| 10 | Altogether this book contains a wealth of information and I doubt whether it will be long before physicians are heard expounding the benefit of Liu Ye for tuberculosis , Jia Zhu Tao for its cardiotonic effects , Man Tao Luo as a general anaesthetic , or Yin Chen to treat hepatitis . |
| 11 | ‘ On behalf of the family of my late brother , Robert , I wish to thank you for the compassion and care shown to him by your organization during his long and difficult illness . |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 13 | ‘ I would like once again to thank you for the major contribution you 've made to our AIDS education programme this year . |
| 14 | The British reader , who is likely to have been spared certain of the varieties of suffering which are spoken of in the writings of Kundera and Klima , where a joke , or no joke , or nothing whatever , can sequester you for years from the people you grew up with , is in a position , for all that , to know what Sabina means here . |
| 15 | After comparing lives with you for years |
| 16 | Proclaims you for a man replete with mocks ; |
| 17 | The drama school training will only lay the foundations and prepare you for the profession you are joining . |
| 18 | Perhaps doing Shakespeare spoils you for that , but I think having a text that is good is important . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope things go well for all of you , ’ I added ( with uncharacteristic generosity ) , ‘ and thank you for the present . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but nobody 's going to consider you for a junior post any more . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Thank you for trying , ’ I said slowly , ‘ but I do n't really see that there 's anything you can do to help . |
| 22 | Look , I 've found a hostel that will take you for one night . |
| 23 | ‘ How strapped are you for cash ? ’ |
| 24 | Take them to the hospital with you for the doctor to examine . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you for the flowers , ’ she said , with blackbird song precision . |
| 26 | Come over and I 'll wine you and dine you and make love with you for the rest of your life . |
| 27 | ‘ Jay , ’ she said , with what sounded like pleasure , ‘ I have n't seen you for ages . |
| 28 | Take off the coloured belt after you leave the area so that you wo n't have stewards chasing after you for it ! |
| 29 | ‘ Thank you for coming so quickly , ’ I said to the man as I wrote a cheque . |
| 30 | What was I doing admiring you for being so well-behaved , sitting there for hours content to have your arm round me ? |