Example sentences of "[pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 " Everyone for the gentleman 's photograph , " he shouted , lining the elderly people against the side of the bus .
2 The defendants , some of them very young , belonged to a small left-wing group known as Everyone for the Motherland Movement ( Movimiento Todos por la Patria — MTP ) ; at the time 13 of them were arrested inside the barracks and five nearby , while two , including a priest , surrendered later .
3 Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March .
4 It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water .
5 Fortunately , modern enclosures are slowly replacing these cages which are cramped and provide nothing for the animal .
6 Oh , I care nothing for the will .
7 It does absolutely nothing for the child with potential . ’
8 It does absolutely nothing for the child with potential .
9 She had cared nothing for the man who was attacking her then ; her despair now was because she could not bear the caresses of the man whom she loved , and she knew loved her .
10 I feel nothing for the man Steve Cannock , I feel very much for Maria Luisa .
11 He lived only in the present , caring nothing for the past or the future .
12 Riven could see nothing for the water in his eyes , but when the dark shape of the hull loomed up he pushed Madra towards it .
13 Historically there seems to be no doubt that the English Common Law required nothing for the celebration of a marriage beyond the declared agreement of the parties , which might take the form either of a declaration of present intention , or of a promise to marry followed by actual union .
14 But , up until now , they have offered nothing for the budget or ‘ entry level ’ guitar market .
15 In a decade , Clinton 's reforms may salvage the economy' short-term , they do nothing for the deficit .
16 In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process .
17 Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government .
18 Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’
19 The " master-servant " class wars did nothing for the service concept , the implication being that he ( or she ) who serves is inferior .
20 As far as I know , the Canadian Rugby Union has received nothing for the development , or even the maintenance , of our cash-strapped programme .
21 It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions .
22 So a £4 billion industry can use the product of a £250m one and need pay nothing for the privilege .
23 I 'll talk to her ; I 'd rather you did n't butt in at this stage — and nothing for the record .
24 ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment .
25 ‘ You 'll say nothing for the moment , ’ said Miss Thorne .
26 He said nothing for the moment .
27 Such was the message Lewis passed on , himself saying nothing for the moment of his own extraordinarily exciting find , but agreeing to pick up Morse in about ten minutes ' time , after briefly reporting in to St Aldate 's .
28 Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being .
29 Wilkinson added : ‘ It brings football into disrepute and washing dirty linen in public does nothing for the game .
30 Wilkinson added : ‘ It brings football into disrepute and washing dirty linen in public does nothing for the game .
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