Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [indef pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 2 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 3 | The trouble is , I want everything for a very long time — forever . ’ |
| 4 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 5 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 6 | I feel nothing for the man Steve Cannock , I feel very much for Maria Luisa . |
| 7 | I wore one for a photo-session and it was great fun . |
| 8 | I won one for the poem and one for the song . |
| 9 | I said nothing for a few seconds . |
| 10 | I said nothing for a moment ; there had seemed to be some special emphasis on the last sentence . |
| 11 | Is it only two weeks since that bleak morning when I had nothing for a future and everything seemed too late , when I dragged myself about the house , alone and miserable and weighed down by self-pity ? |
| 12 | I shot one for the museum . |
| 13 | Oh , I care nothing for the will . |
| 14 | He says the children were singing ’ always look on the bright side of life ’ which says something for the spirit of the school . |
| 15 | Such was the message Lewis passed on , himself saying nothing for the moment of his own extraordinarily exciting find , but agreeing to pick up Morse in about ten minutes ' time , after briefly reporting in to St Aldate 's . |
| 16 | Nobody said anything for a moment , the two of them standing there , summing each other up . |
| 17 | you got one for the . |
| 18 | ‘ You mean one for the road ? ’ |
| 19 | Few were even prepared to try to mediate , none to risk anything for the king and the Despensers . |
| 20 | Boring work , but if you want one for the glass case , this is the best way to go about achieving that aim . |
| 21 | Levellers will perform in front of 70 , people during the tour , and already well over 50 , tickets have been snapped up , so get cracking if you want one for the Belfast gig . |
| 22 | " If you want 'un for a husband , now 's the time to stake your claim . " |
| 23 | She added something for the panel to remember her by — sheer seamed black tights with black and grey checked flat shoes and , on the lapel of her jacket , a blue glass antique brooch . |
| 24 | No , how about the men , do you do anything for the men ? |
| 25 | have n't you got one for the |
| 26 | Now when your audience tells you a day you add one for a Thursday , two for a Friday , and three for a Saturday . |
| 27 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 28 | I know you get nothing for a tenner but if you spend hundred pound you can |
| 29 | You pay nothing for the cheques you issue , your Debits ; and there is no Maintenance Charge . |
| 30 | And John was great , and he showed her round and he said , well look , why do n't you take one for a test drive . |