Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [pron] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that she said nothing for a while , only sat watching me in a broody way . |
| 2 | But most of all she hated herself for awakening in the darkness night after night , with Nicolo 's name on her lips and tears on her cheeks . |
| 3 | You can see that in the faces of those who do it for positive reasons unconnected with ego . |
| 4 | Opinion over Dixon 's handling of the riots was divided between those who criticized her for showing too much restraint towards law-breakers , and those who cited her cautious approach as instrumental in calming the disturbances . |
| 5 | ‘ There is no dispute about the land unless a claim is made … compensation for those who claim it for their land and receive it from the authorities is calculated according to the value of the property in 1973 plus the difference in the index of inflation together with four per cent interest . ’ |
| 6 | Victor Kiam is still seeking a buyer or backer for Remington — the razor company he liked so much in 1979 he bought it for $25m . |
| 7 | Again , like teachers , there are one or two honest coppers , but in general they nick you for things you have not done or give you a sound slapping to make you remember them . |
| 8 | The conference also benefited from the unexpected gifts provided by the Nationalists , who now face as serious an internal crisis as the one in 1982 which crippled them for years . |
| 9 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 10 | There is a Joy that is not given to those who do not love you ( O God ) , but only to those who love you for your own sake . |
| 11 | Ever since John Marshall , its first chief justice , discovered that the court had the ability to overturn legislation that did not accord with the constitution , it has been indispensable in bolstering the central tenet of American democracy : that no grant of governmental power to those who exercise it for the time being is limitless . |
| 12 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 13 | Like alcohol or money , it is capable of vast abuse by those who exploit it for financial purposes . |