Example sentences of "[adv] for the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is also well known locally for the soft toys she makes for various charities . |
| 2 | Potential and confirmed breeders of tropical fish really should see this one if only for the many tips they 'll acquire . |
| 3 | Why could n't she slide out of herself and be someone else , if only for the ten seconds it would take to push open the door of the hotel and step across the threshold ? |
| 4 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 5 | The scarfing is very subtle and follows the natural grain of the wood almost perfectly , but I think it may be a little low down for the strengthening job it was designed to fulfil . |
| 6 | Perhaps for the first time he felt something akin to Eliza 's feelings , as he watched his boxes and bottles winched aboard ship and slowly disappear over the horizon . |
| 7 | But perhaps for the particular plot you have arrived at , the particular murder you have in mind , a good deal will have to be told to the reader about pre-murder events . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps for the same reason I foolishly asked you to stay with Anna in the first place , ’ he snarled . |
| 9 | So for the first activity you 'll need to be in twos or threes . |
| 10 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 11 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 12 | A GREAT big thank you to the people of Liverpool , especially for the magnificent reception they gave us on the march-past on Saturday morning . |
| 13 | I would like to thank you all for your presence — in both senses of the word , but especially for the smiling faces I see in front of me . |
| 14 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 15 | Thus for the first portfolio we have . |
| 16 | Thus for the structural functionalist we may say that the ends ( social solidarity ) always justify the means ( social institutions ) . |
| 17 | Tonight for the first time she saw him as an attractive young man rather than as a boss . |
| 18 | Tonight for the first time I was deeply worried after seeing the pictures of the attack on a civilian shelter . |
| 19 | Not for the first time he reflected on the power of grief . |
| 20 | Not for the first time he wished he believed in something as much as Gurder did so he could complain to it about his life . |
| 21 | Not for the first time he thought how monotonous it was , this unerring selection of inappropriate objects of desire . |
| 22 | Not for the first time he concluded that the Empire was inclined too quickly to dismiss mutant and alien societies and to confuse technological advancement with civilisation . |
| 23 | Not for the first time he wondered why it should affect him like that , when he himself was fond of Chuck and admired him , too . |
| 24 | As my one hundred and eighty-nine pounds in their six feet frame laboured up behind him , not for the first time I smiled , remembering the advice of the South American Handbook to ‘ try and look as little like a tourist as possible ’ . |
| 25 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 26 | Not for the first time it occurred to him how vulnerable his position was , and he reflected ruefully that there was probably no more security or protection in the rank of Khan than there had been in any of the various honours which he had received while he had been an intimate of the clique which had surrounded Nogai . |
| 27 | Not for the first time she thought her father would have made a wonderful actor . |
| 28 | Not for the first time she found herself pitying Sarah Morey . |
| 29 | Not for the first time she missed her husband dreadfully . |
| 30 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |