Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the league or nothing now for the Blues , beaten for the second week running and suffering their first defeat at Windsor Park since last December 16 . |
| 2 | Even if we knew from a multiplicity of attestations that the thinness in question was specifically a thin curtain or veil or gauze , we would still not know what precisely the image was , for a curtain could be vertical or horizontal , it could be used to divide or screen or cover , it could serve the one who spreads it out , or someone else for whom it is spread out . |
| 3 | But she wished the silly sod would look at somebody or something else for a change . |
| 4 | Usually got a Cortina or something outside for sale , you know ? |
| 5 | There are many things that can go wrong when training parents , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 6 | Stella never tells us anything , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 7 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 8 | For instance , If you are talking to a neighbour and he or she seems in no particular rush , then invite him or her in for an impromptu cup of something . |
| 9 | No one has yet suggested that Mikhail Gorbachev , or anyone else for that matter , should make himself Lord Protector . |
| 10 | You will not be able to play much with the children ( or anyone else for that matter ! ) without becoming weary . |
| 11 | Most people suffering from scabies would gladly donate their symptoms to royalty , or anyone else for that matter . |
| 12 | If you leave it to the building society , or anyone else for that matter , the report is likely to be unsatisfactory . |
| 13 | I wonder if Daedalus , or anyone else for that matter , has thought about the annoying glare given off by those ubiquitous orange sodium street lamps . |
| 14 | Neither did God or anyone else for that matter . |
| 15 | Nor were they allowed to contact their family doctor or anyone else for support or advice . |
| 16 | Matilda had never before seen a boy , or anyone else for that matter , held aloft by his ears alone . |
| 17 | He had no thought of impressing me or anyone else for that matter . |
| 18 | However , it does not require magistrates ( or anyone else for that matter ) to secure the information needed if this is to be done effectively . |
| 19 | She had to squat down to dodge the ancient fly-paper dangling from the light-flex , but it was better than Babs seeing her in her vest and school knickers , or anyone else for that matter ; Babs insisted on keeping the dressing-room door open . |
| 20 | Or anyone else for that matter ? |
| 21 | As there was still no sign of a porter , or anyone else for that matter , Cornelius shouldered his rucksack , took up his case and walked . |
| 22 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 23 | A week later , on 17 November , Reagan told the American people on network television that ‘ We did not — repeat , did not — trade weapons or anything else for hostages . |
| 24 | It is possible that the firm may not be interested in maximising profits or sales ( or anything else for that matter ) , but may simply aim to achieve satisfactory or ‘ target ’ levels of profits and sales . |
| 25 | We ca n't put x = 2 or anything else for that matter : x is the infinite sequence ( 0,1,0 , … ) . |
| 26 | It is important to remember that there is not special supplement of vitamins , minerals or anything else for that matter , that will melt your excess weight away . |
| 27 | Where desire , or anything else for that matter , is mutual , there can be no humiliation , no abuse of power . |
| 28 | ‘ And in the best houses master and servant do not sit drinking coffee , or anything else for that matter , together in the kitchen . |
| 29 | What point in having , I suppose it 's my fault , I should have read these erm , bits added to it more carefully earlier , but it does n't seem to have anything in their about anybody who is actually claiming a carer 's allowance from looking after somebody at the time , and whether we should have a phrase in there that it does n't include anybody that is collecting from the D S S S or anything else for a carer 's allowance anyway , because you do n't want to double pay anybody . |
| 30 | If you have a policy for housing , or anything else for that matter , how about sharing it with the rest of us , right and until you come up with an alternative policy , do n't you start knocking us for having a policy which we are prepared to debate . |