Example sentences of "[verb] for [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 2 | His prosperity is shown by the ‘ magnificent dwelling house ’ which he built for himself on the north Thames frontage immediately to the east of the Fleet canal . |
| 3 | Their need for food is easily met and the food we grow for ourselves on agricultural land is little more than a readily-available bonus . |
| 4 | This was because human beings worked things out in their minds in terms of concepts and moral rules , and these concepts and rules were not things the individual made for himself on the spur of the moment . |
| 5 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 6 | You 'll see for yourself on Saturday . ’ |
| 7 | First-class technique — you 'll see for yourself on the video tape . |
| 8 | Well you can see for yourself on Friday , when we meet up with the main man on the golf course ; he 's full of fun and full of hope . |
| 9 | Members choose what they wish to insure and decide for themselves on the sums they insure . |
| 10 | Opponents frequently struggled to cope with that type of galvanising influence as Howard Wilkinson 's team may discover for themselves on their return to Villa Park tonight . |
| 11 | Taylor saw for himself on Saturday how the 24-year-old Aston Villa flyer has matured into a player of genuine international potential . |
| 12 | The United Kingdom 's right to decide for itself on the merits of a single currency is not an important factor in investment decisions . |
| 13 | Each young gentleman was provided with his own chamber-pot , which he was expected to empty for himself on the common midden , situated behind the houses . |