Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 2 | Did he live with me only for the sake of appearances , perhaps ? |
| 3 | Now take that cat to your room and work with it there for the rest of the morning . |
| 4 | If it will please you To show us so much gentry and goodwill As to expand your time with us awhile For the supply and profit of our hope , Your visitation shall receive such thanks As fits a king 's remembrance . |
| 5 | ‘ Unlike some he is prepared to work hard and is not in it just for the glory . |
| 6 | What 's more , Bishop is n't in it just for the money , he wants to see some blood spilt — even that of his friends … |
| 7 | Most of them are in it just for the bylines and the booze , you know . |
| 8 | Members of these covens are usually ‘ nominal ’ witches who pay only lip-service to the dogmas and are interested in it only for the kicks it provides . |
| 9 | He had come before luncheon , eaten everything put before him with great dedication , looked about him hopefully for the cigar the household did not possess , and then explained abruptly without any preliminaries to Alexandra that she was her aunt 's sole heir . |
| 10 | I pay tribute to them tonight for the work that they have undertaken in an attempt to keep us aware of what is happening out there . |
| 11 | The Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy apologised to me earlier for the fact that he has had to leave the Chamber because he is due to make a speech on clean coal technology elsewhere in London . |
| 12 | From the age of eight he began at 5 a.m. despite being so small that special pattens had to be made to enable him to reach the machinery , and he bore the scars of the corporal punishment inflicted on him there for the rest of his life . |
| 13 | The Information will be used by you solely for the purpose of evaluating the possible purchase by you of the Company and , unless and until you have completed such a transaction , the Information will be kept confidential by you and will not be disclosed , in whole or in part to any other person , except that the Information or portions thereof may be disclosed to those of your directors , officers , employees , agents , auditors , lawyers , bankers and professional advisers ( collectively ‘ Representatives ’ ) who need to know such information for the purpose of evaluating the prospective acquisition ( it being understood that those Representatives will be informed of the confidential nature of the Information and shall agree to be bound by this Agreement and , if requested by ourselves , will enter into a direct agreement with us on the same terms as this Agreement ) . |