Example sentences of "[pers pn] for one " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 2 | So tomorrow at two o'clock Miss Trunchbull will be taking over from me for one lesson . |
| 3 | She wore a stiff black silk dress , a lace cap and an expression of disapproval — " I hope they wo n't take me for one of your actress friends , " she boomed . |
| 4 | ‘ Excuse me for one minute . ’ |
| 5 | I am sure that the House will bear with me for one or two minutes while I explain what has happened on this occasion . |
| 6 | I 'd had enough middle-aged men slobbering all over me for one day . |
| 7 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 8 | ‘ When she left me for one of the other guys in the team , somebody I 'd kind of thought of as a friend … well , ’ he went on hurriedly , ‘ I was n't surprised she 'd gone . |
| 9 | to last me for one month , because we 've got to put it on . |
| 10 | We used to get them for one penny the pack in the navy . |
| 11 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 12 | That gives us the potential of raising two thousand pounds , because we intend to sell them for one ninety nine . |
| 13 | Yeah , buy them for one ninety nine there . |
| 14 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 15 | Thank you sir , it 's yours for one twenty and that 's for number eight four eight , thank you . |
| 16 | Thank you , they 're yours for one eighty and that 's for number six one two . |
| 17 | His land adjoins theirs for one thing , and more importantly , it 's the only way he can expand in this area to include substantial buildings . ’ |
| 18 | Look , I 've found a hostel that will take you for one night . |
| 19 | ‘ Miss Kenton , if you for one moment believe I have time on my hands , that displays more clearly than ever your great inexperience , I trust that in years to come , you will gain a clearer picture of what occurs in a house like this . ’ |
| 20 | Clobbered Thank you for one of your funniest features for quite a while ( ‘ Fashion Police ’ , FACE 49 ) . |
| 21 | Part of him was saying : that 's because if you for one second think seriously about the position you 've put yourself in , you 'll panic . |
| 22 | You 're getting too much mouth on you for one as does n't earn her keep . |
| 23 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll only require you for one hour a day . |
| 25 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 26 | Bob 's abilities were recognised by the Southern League authorities , who selected him for one of their inter-League games during 1912–13 and he was awarded a Benefit by the Palace in 1914–15 , along with his half-back colleagues , Jimmy Hughes and Harry Hanger . |
| 27 | One man was lost in the Mexican desert for eight days , having had only enough water with him for one day . |
| 28 | He is constantly haunted by the fear that the US might abandon him for one reason or another and has been particularly uneasy over the new US administration 's attitude towards him . " |
| 29 | Lucie forced a penny into his soft , sleeping palm ; dumped his shearing tools in his lap , and pulled his cap down over his face in the hope that nobody would recognize him for one of the players . |
| 30 | I do n't blame him for one minute . |