Example sentences of "[pron] else for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The NCF opposed the Home Office scheme on the grounds that , by performing work of national importance , objectors would merely be releasing someone else for military service — ‘ killing by proxy ’ . |
2 | You may have known someone else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance . |
3 | Right , well let's generate the do , discussion and er get you all er involved in something else for three quarters of an hour . |
4 | There are many things that can go wrong when training parents , or anybody else for that matter . |
5 | Stella never tells us anything , or anybody else for that matter . |
6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
7 | Muriel 's attitude to others in a working environment gives little credit to anyone else for practical intelligence or reliability . |
8 | No one has yet suggested that Mikhail Gorbachev , or anyone else for that matter , should make himself Lord Protector . |
9 | You will not be able to play much with the children ( or anyone else for that matter ! ) without becoming weary . |
10 | Never before had I heard him , or — anyone else for that matter , sound so emphatic in praise of my written work . |
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 | Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter . |
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 | But I do n't see the point in having romantic illusions about myself- or about anyone else for that matter — just because it makes me feel nice and cosy . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | We clung together for warmth and vowed to love one another more than anyone else for all time . |
24 | ‘ I do n't recollect writing poems for anyone else for twenty year . ’ |
25 | It seems to have hit us more than anyone else for some reason . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | We ca n't put x = 2 or anything else for that matter : x is the infinite sequence ( 0,1,0 , … ) . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | More recently , of course , Hytner has become the internationally acclaimed director of Miss Saigon , but he claims that he does n't want just to be a director of musicals , or only of anything else for that matter . |
30 | Where desire , or anything else for that matter , is mutual , there can be no humiliation , no abuse of power . |