Example sentences of "[indef pn] for the [noun sg] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived only in the present , caring nothing for the past or the future . |
| 2 | if nothing for the fact that the message that is coming home loud and clear is this request for clarification , the advent of certainty , one way or another . |
| 3 | ‘ There are tons of leaflets for offenders , but nothing for the witness or the ordinary member of the public , ’ says Ms Reeves . |
| 4 | But we already had plenty for the pan and the freezer too . |
| 5 | It takes a year to organize this grand event and it says something for the racecourse when the only thing that went wrong yesterday was the weather . |
| 6 | In the case of electrodynamics , it was necessary to make two such infinite subtractions , one for the mass and the other for the charge of the electron . |
| 7 | After exchanging a few words , the usher opened the door and Mark was escorted into a debating chamber shaped in the form of a horseshoe , with a raised dais at the open end upon which were two heavy oak chairs , one for the Chairman and the other for the speaker . |
| 8 | The appropriateness of the comments is not one for the committee since the committee has no responsibility for the judges , their selection or their comments . |
| 9 | Deputy chairman Angela Rumbold said the decision was ‘ the right one for the party and the right one for the Government ’ . |
| 10 | She was a nice lady , and when her husband was alive he was a great one for the shooting and the fishing , though there is not much fishing here on Moila . |
| 11 | Few were even prepared to try to mediate , none to risk anything for the king and the Despensers . |