Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a comfort , you know ’ — she smiled now — ‘ to think that there 's somebody opposite you for the first meal of the day , even if it 's to have a row with . ’ |
| 2 | It is NOT necessary to fill in something for every single category . |
| 3 | ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’ |
| 4 | That 's not yours for a |
| 5 | I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work . |
| 6 | ‘ She was a happy , lively and adventurous girl — not one for a quiet life . ’ |
| 7 | The opposition leaders he met agreed that the question of reunification of Germany was not one for the German people alone , but was the rightful concern of their European neighbours . |
| 8 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 9 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 10 | He was not one for the romantic niceties , was Reg . |
| 11 | The order was not one for the recovery or preservation of trust property but called for information and for copies of the defendants ' documents which , so far as compliance might incriminate them , the defendants were entitled to disregard . |
| 12 | Subjecting proposals to scrutiny by a body distinct from management may well be desirable , but this is clearly a function for an actual supervisory board , and not one for the court . |
| 13 | The appropriateness of the comments is not one for the committee since the committee has no responsibility for the judges , their selection or their comments . |
| 14 | If the terms are such as to leave the seller free , if he should wish to do so , to obtain more wine of the same description for delivery to the buyer , then the contract goods have not been identified and agreed upon at the date of the contract and the contract is not one for the sale of specific goods , Re London Wine Co . |
| 15 | The battle , he wrote , ‘ is not one for the future but is on NOW … |
| 16 | Not one for the purists , they said … others labelled it soft porn . |
| 17 | Just something for the Ketterings . ’ |
| 18 | Better to think of it as a big , V8-powered luxury automatic saloon of unique character and style that , at £91,500 , costs about what a Mercedes dealer will take off you for a V12 Mercedes S-class with a few extra bits . |
| 19 | He had built it out of practically nothing for the local amateur dramatic society and it had sat resplendently on the stage like something fetched straight from the nearest wood , so real , yet with touches of the bizarre , so brown , so greyish , so admired , so solid . |
| 20 | , you are now being taped for posterity and also its for the English Oxford Dictionary |
| 21 | ‘ So will I ask you for forty-two pounds today and then not come near you for a month ? ’ |
| 22 | It 's probably just as well I have n't been near you for the last week . |
| 23 | When he thought one might be possible , he was immensely sentimental , would give up everything for a lover ; yet it was his own exigence that made it difficult for anyone to live up to him , to match his quick apprehension , his wide range of interests , the fervour with which he experienced everything . |
| 24 | Or does he refuse to go near it for the rest of the session and become unsettled ? |
| 25 | I should imagine that 's probably it for a little while , is n't it ? |
| 26 | She put by the rent for the six weeks , and laid out everything for the bills — she usually pays £6 a week for gas , £2.68 newspapers , £2 club for her son 's clothes , £30 for food , £2.75 for school dinners in term time . |
| 27 | He guessed that was how she would always be , blocking out everything for the preferred world of her own creation until an idea was spent . |
| 28 | Deictic function is pointing out something for the first time , often using demonstratives as in Look at that picture ! ; |
| 29 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 30 | And that 's just about it for the basic framework of the publication . |