Example sentences of "[pers pn] for one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd had enough middle-aged men slobbering all over me for one day . |
| 2 | ‘ Excuse me for one minute . ’ |
| 3 | to last me for one month , because we 've got to put it on . |
| 4 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So tomorrow at two o'clock Miss Trunchbull will be taking over from me for one lesson . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 9 | We used to get them for one penny the pack in the navy . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll only require you for one hour a day . |
| 12 | Part of him was saying : that 's because if you for one second think seriously about the position you 've put yourself in , you 'll panic . |
| 13 | Look , I 've found a hostel that will take you for one night . |
| 14 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Miss Kenton , if you for one moment believe I have time on my hands , that displays more clearly than ever your great inexperience , I trust that in years to come , you will gain a clearer picture of what occurs in a house like this . ’ |
| 16 | One man was lost in the Mexican desert for eight days , having had only enough water with him for one day . |
| 17 | I do n't blame him for one minute . |
| 18 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 19 | He is constantly haunted by the fear that the US might abandon him for one reason or another and has been particularly uneasy over the new US administration 's attitude towards him . " |
| 20 | If they so desperately want a child why should n't they for one occasion , if they are lesbian or whatever , use a man for that occasion and let the women who have a family , and who want a child and ca n't have them use this IV programme which is marvellous ! |
| 21 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 22 | I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to . |
| 23 | People paid 25 roubles to have it for one night . |
| 24 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 25 | Is it for one driver or any driver ? |
| 26 | For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon . |
| 27 | Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year . |
| 28 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 29 | Which is what I meant to erm tt get on to Chris from the press office B B C Well I 'll give him a bell and just organize it for one day . |
| 30 | Scrap it for one day . |