Example sentences of "[pron] for [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 2 | I 'd had enough middle-aged men slobbering all over me for one day . |
| 3 | ‘ Excuse me for one minute . ’ |
| 4 | to last me for one month , because we 've got to put it on . |
| 5 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 6 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 7 | So tomorrow at two o'clock Miss Trunchbull will be taking over from me for one lesson . |
| 8 | And you visit them for there was one time we visit them for fourteen day daily but I do n't think they do it now . |
| 9 | And told me of the fraternising between British and German troops on Christmas day in the trenches , and I could n't understand at first how you could shoot at someone all week , then make friends with them for one day , knowing you would try and kill each other again the next . |
| 10 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 11 | We used to get them for one penny the pack in the navy . |
| 12 | The quickest method is pressure cooking — to cook beans , soak them for 1 hour in hot water , then cook for 3 to 5 minutes ( or for 15 minutes if unsoaked ) . |
| 13 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 14 | Which would cost you but then th you see a if you just get a plain ordinary phone they 're not erm they 're not that expensive , I mean you can get them for ten pound ! |
| 15 | Evidently moves which for one person seem plausible are simply not moves which others can make . |
| 16 | If two groups acquiesce in the representation of their perspective through the same array of objects , which for one group is acceptable because it is bright and cheerful , while for the other is acceptable because it enshrines a sense of good design , each may project its own perspective onto the other ; in this case , the object permits the coexistence of two perspectives , rather than the dominance of either . |
| 17 | However , they may still be needed for information which for one reason or another is not made available by subject access . |
| 18 | However effective the departmental ordering , some central control is needed to balance up inequality of treatment between subjects , order interdisciplinary material , and fill in titles which for one reason or another have been missed . |
| 19 | It may be that learners have internalized aspects of the system which for one reason or another they can not access on particular occasions , that circumstances of different kinds prevent them from acting on this knowledge . |
| 20 | Thus , a story which for one reason had been meaningful to her as a young child provided guidance for her at adolescence for quite a different reason . |
| 21 | Instead of regarding all confrontation situations as zero-sum games ( in which for one side to win the other must lose ) we could attempt to extract gains for both sides . |
| 22 | All candidates who intend to study for any full-time first degree must apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ( UCAS ) which for 1994 entry replaces UCCA/PCAS . |
| 23 | His land adjoins theirs for one thing , and more importantly , it 's the only way he can expand in this area to include substantial buildings . ’ |
| 24 | Where Barrie tortured himself with Victorian fears about his own adult sexuality , Spielberg flagellates himself for Sixties selfishness and Eighties careerism ( Spielberg himself is one of the baby-boom generation , and divorced ) . |
| 25 | ‘ You could n't kill somebody for one gold coin . |
| 26 | Those who want to be paid-up , signed-up members and those who for one reason or another do not actually want to become a member but are keen to be kept informed , involved and used as the occasion demands . |
| 27 | This may be the case for some manual workers , though by no means all , but there are large numbers of people on low incomes who for one reason or another could be hurt by Labour 's plans . |
| 28 | It is reasonable to assume , therefore , that there would be a residue of canine stock , who for one reason or another would be deemed unsuitable to die for the perverted pleasure of the gloating Roman nobility . |
| 29 | As the days pass in this unfamiliar environment , some patients ( particularly those with deficient vision and hearing , and those who for one reason or another do not read a daily newspaper ) can lose track of the time of day , the day of the week and the day of the month . |
| 30 | There are some people who for one reason or another would n't experiment with things at a young age , and find that they like it , ’ said a married 39-year-old building surveyor . |