Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He 's just the horse you need for a competitive race like the Andy Capp Handicap . ’
2 It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it .
3 Weight for weight it does not compare favourably with foods like cereals and nuts in fibre content , although it works out well when you take into account how much fibre you get for a modest number of calories .
4 and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job
5 Every time we go for a Chinese
6 There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults .
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