Example sentences of "[pron] for [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caroline found herself seated at the lunch-table next to Romano de Sciorto , a state of affairs which did nothing for her shaky morale . |
| 2 | The faint aroma of stale mackerel still hung around and did nothing for our personal charisma either . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a figment of the imagination by those who want to dominate ITV , who care nothing for our regional character and who seek to shift control of our operations from Cardiff and Bristol to London or Birmingham . |
| 4 | Long , unkempt hair , several missing teeth , and a nose that looked as if it had met more than one fist in its owner 's lifetime did nothing for his general appearance . |
| 5 | ‘ Blaming me for your own inadequacy . ’ |
| 6 | Let me for your own good tell you something about Miss Trunchbull . |
| 7 | This came as something of a surprise , for nothing Victor Saunders had told me about the Priut refuge quite prepared me for my first sight of this three-storey silver sausage — an amazing futuristic construction with a dining room that looks out on a wonderland of peaks , and with some four-bedded dormitories which , if you 're lucky enough to be allocated one , ensures a degree of comfort far different from alpine-style overcrowding . |
| 8 | My father gave it to me for my seventeenth birthday . |
| 9 | At an earlier meeting , Bobby Lawrence had asked me for my initial reaction to the management buying the company . |
| 10 | Aunt Anna gave it to me for my tenth birthday . |
| 11 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 12 | This capacity of language to crystallize and stabilize me for my own subjectivity is retained |
| 13 | ‘ They 'll thank me for it one day : pelvic control is useful when you 're having a baby . ’ |
| 14 | Do you a lot of good , you 'll thank me for it one day . |
| 15 | By and large , the above are ‘ natural source ’ materials , with little or no attempt to balance the NPK content , and you will need to take this into account when you use them for whatever particular bias they give . |
| 16 | I should like to thank them for their outstanding contribution to BP , extending over many years . |
| 17 | Rather : ‘ The business interests of the nation as a whole are subordinated to those of certain sectional interests that usurp control of the national resources and use them for their private gain . ’ |
| 18 | Certain names wish to withdraw these funds from Lloyd 's , as not being within the terms governing their premium trust funds , in order to use them for their personal benefit . |
| 19 | Lloyd spoilt it , of course , with an unbeaten 60 that helped his team to 190 all out , but having dismissed them for their lowest total in years England had to feel confident . |
| 20 | It will improve gearing and the offeror 's ability to borrow ( unsecured creditors will regard it as similar to share capital ) but the holders will expect a higher yield to compensate them for their higher risk , although this should be less than that expected for preference share capital . |
| 21 | Students will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of them for their first grading exam . |
| 22 | However , a letter is sent out to newly qualified drivers advising they have a qualified instructor with them for their first motorway trips . |
| 23 | The Institute is grateful to them for their loyal service which in Ian Shaw 's case totalled nearly twenty five years . |
| 24 | Passengers liked them for their smooth ride , comfortable seating and the good views they gave from their many windows . |
| 25 | If any of our political masters , the faceless bureaucrats , the time-serving , vote-chasing , career politicians who sanctioned this devastation , ever read these lines , then I curse them for their crass stupidity and their wanton rape of my native land . |
| 26 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 27 | PUPILS at De La Salle RC School , Carr Lane in Liverpool , will tomorrow be awarded a certificate from a health charity to reward them for their hard work in fundraising . |
| 28 | They identify the central issue as that of dependency : given the sexual division of labour , women , unlike men , have dependants who need them for their very survival . |
| 29 | I would like to thank them for their continuing forbearance and understanding , and for their hard work throughout the year . |
| 30 | I thought I was disgusted by the men who liked to stab women in the breasts , etc. ’ with no thought for them as persons , but just out to use them for their own satisfaction . |