Example sentences of "[that] for [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarella quivered with the knowledge that for sure he wanted something again . |
| 2 | This public celebration is still usually followed by the private honeymoon , despite the fact that for many it will not be the first holiday they have had together . |
| 3 | Insofar as there was any factual basis for people 's answers , it seems likely that for many it was MLR or bank base rate , which were between 12½ and 14 per cent at the time of the survey , and which are of course frequently mentioned in the press and on TV . |
| 4 | I was so high on adrenalin that for all I knew I was talking utter rubbish . |
| 5 | They had made him their leader and Nuadu , cynical and bitter against his own kind , had thought that for all he was a base-born prince , still he had a Court of a kind and subjects of a sort . |
| 6 | It was probably difficult for Sheila to take the step of coming into the CAB with the very sensitive subject of homosexuality that for all she knows may be taboo at the bureaux . |
| 7 | The National Bank said that for 1990 it had to adhere to a strict monetary policy aimed at keeping the hard currency account deficit under $550,000,000 , that of the state budget under 10,000 million forints and inflation under 19 per cent — conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) when it approved an agreement to pave the way for additional foreign loans to maintain the country 's creditworthiness . |
| 8 | She went to the edge of the roof and shouted across the village at the unnamed thief that for this he 'd be struck with paralysis ; that he 'd be smitten with cholera and die : that unless he owned up and returned the cockerel , the gods would punish his family with poverty and starvation for ever . |
| 9 | We are customers of a massive industry trying to make money and I understand that for some it 's just staying in business that counts . |