Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [conj] for the " in BNC.

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1 I ca n't think of anything except for the biscuits because I 've run out of biscuits .
2 She hoped that she had n't made an enemy out of Joe Lucas ; she knew that what he 'd done , he 'd done for her and for the memory of Christine .
3 The present American tendency is to ask what a country can now do for itself and for the United States , not what it might do in other circumstances , nor yet what it deserves .
4 And his quality show earned the praise of manager Steve Gritt , who said : ‘ That is the best all-round performance I 've seen from him and for the second game in succession he 's earned us a draw . ’
5 They want to place on record the generous support that they 've had from you and for the , yes in a moment , the seconder of the emergency motion for er moving her support .
6 Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray .
7 Apart from the people speaking for you and for the Council , and the Appeal Committee members themselves , only a limited number of people may be at a hearing .
8 She never knew them , she pined for them and for the better life they might have had together .
9 ‘ It is now clearly ascertained that the present chartered body will not accept the terms which is understood have been proposed to them and for the information of the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College I shall feel much obliged by your informing me whether or not a Charter will be granted to them . ’
10 To know how to live for oneself and for the present when a choice involving sacrifice for others or the future does not arise will be indispensable to learning to make such choices in sufficient awareness .
11 After a good deal of success in his 13 years of moto cross , Zeelenberg would have gone with them but for the advice of manager Jan Huberts , who still manages Zeelenberg and the Sharp Samson team .
12 I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I would allow the appeal .
13 I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I would allow the appeal .
14 I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal .
15 I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal .
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