Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addictive use of any substance or behaviour is seen when the individual uses it in appropriately and compulsively to suppress uncomfortable emotions Or to gain a sense of elation in order to change a disordered mood rather than simply using it for its own sake . |
| 2 | Skins on the segment and the pith both contain substances called bioflavonoids which enhance the effect of vitamin C , so it 's better to make use of the whole fruits rather than simply pressing them for your breakfast juice . |
| 3 | He preached before both Charles II and Cromwell and courageously reproved them for their sins . |
| 4 | Horst Urban , Continental 's boss , is unimpressed with Pirelli 's elaborate scheme and rightly sees it for what it is : a takeover . |
| 5 | The humour inheres not just in the daffy selection of cultural allusions ( their native French accordion , some flamenco guitar , a few African horns ) but also in the way they take stiff , formal tempi ( waltzes and tangos ) and mockingly squeeze them for their stateliness . |
| 6 | Conversely , eating the person 's body might indicate the ultimate contempt , in that you were degrading them completely : as you ate parts of the body you were mocking the person 's erstwhile vigour and simultaneously stealing it for your own use . |
| 7 | They will strive to validate it , and even prescribe it for you and everyone else : not just ‘ this is how we live ’ , but ‘ this is how one ought to live ’ . |
| 8 | Forster stood before the row of suits , hanging like a lie of petrified robots , and immediately recognised them for what they were ; instantly realised the enormous risk they might all be running , at least below decks . |
| 9 | Teachers no doubt have suspected it , and maybe known it for themselves , but it is a fact that a large number of children at present leave school at sixteen knowing less mathematics than when they entered at eleven . |
| 10 | My plan was to sit around and wait for one of the parish team to appear and then to ask them for their advice . |
| 11 | The adults extract oil from the sea-creatures they eat and then regurgitate it for their chicks . |
| 12 | This apart we are well , and again thank you for your prayers , support and love . |
| 13 | ‘ They ignored this question , and aggressively asked me for my name , address and my employer 's name . |
| 14 | The local medical men did not object , but rather commended them for their cheapness . |
| 15 | One of them rounded on him , grabbed him by the arm , but only asked him for his name and address . ’ |
| 16 | Since the war , every spell of Anfield success has been set or kept in motion by the signing of a top-class ‘ striker-cum-provider ’ a player who not only scored goals but also made them for his colleagues . |
| 17 | Thank you , we believe we are , but please join us for our future strength lies firmly in our membership . |
| 18 | ‘ I know it sounds absurd , but please do it for me or I might go out of my mind again , and really smash the living daylights out of him ! ’ |
| 19 | They 'll keep it for Crunchie but never use it for anything else again because they 've had so much trouble with it . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've still got one horse , ’ said Crane glumly , ‘ but we might as well eat it for it 'll carry none of us . ’ |