Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This emerged as the Butt Report and was immediately rejected out of hand by the incumbent Commander-in-Chief , Bomber Command , but not so by the Army and Navy to whom the report had been leaked and who were bent on carving Bomber Command up between them for their desperate needs in the Western Approaches and in the war in the desert . |
| 2 | While we 're promoting my own show and blowing my own trumpet , er this afternoon Jenny is on for my for me this afternoon . |
| 3 | But none of the larger firms has done so yet , so the obvious conclusion to be drawn is that either they prefer to live dangerously or they still do n't believe that anyone would actually go after them for their personal assets . |
| 4 | It was just for their for their own use . |
| 5 | Students will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of them for their first grading exam . |
| 6 | The husband had a right to dispose of them for his own benefit while he lived , and his wife had no power of disposition during that time , though , if she survived him , and they had not been disposed of , they would be hers again . |
| 7 | Quite apart from Faber business , he had to settle down and write prefaces for three books as well ( one of them for his own selection of Pounds literary essays ) . |
| 8 | It is we who do not know , and like Peter we can be too sure of ourselves for our own good . |
| 9 | In apparent contravention of everything for which committed reformers had striven , the statutes stated explicitly that all land remained the property of the gentry . |
| 10 | The study of something for its own sake , for the sake of knowing , understanding , grasping it and for nothing else , is an essential characteristic of education , lower or higher , though more obviously of higher education . |
| 11 | And we are delighted that she is marrying Steven , who is so loved/admired by his family and close friends and is respected by all of us for his hard work/talents/skills/ zest for life . |
| 12 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
| 13 | However , a letter is sent out to newly qualified drivers advising they have a qualified instructor with them for their first motorway trips . |
| 14 | Yet I do n't know how to wish her to stay with you for your own reputation 's sake , my dear son , for the world will censure as it lists . |
| 15 | Alright I 'll I 'll undertake to come up with something for our next meeting . |
| 16 | They long above everything for their two parents to be reunited . |
| 17 | She had a sick daughter , a fractious grandchild and a life which needed rethinking , one in which she could , perhaps , occasionally persuade Liza to come to Penzance with her for whatever meagre amusement the place might afford : a film or maybe a concert . |
| 18 | The purpose of praying is not prayer , but to delight in God , and commune with him for his own sake . |
| 19 | Some are there to suck our blood , while others are content to compete with us for our meagre stash of private food . |
| 20 | Quite apart from the contribution you made to the weekend programme , it was good to have you with us for your own sake . |
| 21 | The cherry berets dragged the bewildered old montagnard away with a brusqueness which inspired no confidence in me for his future prospects . |
| 22 | We 'd recommend people to stay away from them for their own safety , as there have been several violent incidents recently . ’ |
| 23 | The accused maintained that he had gone to her home to ask if she had received a letter of apology from him for his earlier crime . |
| 24 | Essentially I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas and I 'm not interested in it for its own sake . |
| 25 | Anyone who indulged in it for its own sake was an out-and-out sinner — and that went for the resulting offspring , too . ’ |
| 26 | In all previous stratification systems they have been able to divert blame from themselves for their lowly status by providing reasons for their failure . |
| 27 | The Institute is grateful to them for their loyal service which in Ian Shaw 's case totalled nearly twenty five years . |
| 28 | ‘ The idea was n't greeted with much enthusiasm at first , ’ he says , ‘ But we continued plugging away at the distillers and mounted a back-selling campaign to the airline industry , pointing out what a boon light-weight ‘ Melinar ’ containers would be to them for their in-flight miniatures and duty-free supplies . |
| 29 | Er and then they went on to them for your central heating |
| 30 | Aunt Anna gave it to me for my tenth birthday . |