Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their present mood people would think nothing of mortgaging themselves for years ahead in order to acquire some trifling luxury like a jar of brandied peaches or a few leaves of tobacco . |
| 2 | However , if the bailor was not the owner but had , for example , stolen them before leaving them for repair or treatment , etc. then the true owner will still have good title ( i.e. unless one of the other exceptions to the nemo dat principle applies ) . |
| 3 | Ants , like moths , only produce silk during their larval stage , but this does not prevent them from using it for nest-building . |
| 4 | She 'd taxed him with trading them for snuff , which was his passion , and he 'd not denied it . |
| 5 | At the same time the play leaves a key question tantalisingly unresolved : whether , in a repressive state , one can seek freedom for oneself without seeking it for others . |