Example sentences of "[pron] for [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever else such a strategy may achieve , it certainly does not manage to produce a situation in which children are politically indistinguishable from adults and it rests on premises which , unless they can be defended , gain nothing for any defence to the charge of arbitrariness . |
| 2 | The honourable gentlemen is asking me for procedural advice across floor of the house , which he knows that I do not volunteer . |
| 3 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 4 | I had an apartment on the third floor , overlooking the square and the end of the Avenida Jose Antonio de Rivera round which I would watch Dana coming to join me for another afternoon of poetry . |
| 5 | You take me for some kind of fool , do you ? |
| 6 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
| 7 | You take me for some kind of arsehole ! |
| 8 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
| 9 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 10 | A good thing I was free of it , as both sides in the dispute applied to me for further information in the course of the afternoon . |
| 11 | In addition , we must try to augment our oil revenues so as to enable the government to invest them for future development in industry and for processes and inventions at present unknown to us . |
| 12 | As a result , car-based development policies have tended to reduce the freedom of choice and quality of life of this still numerically significant section of the population , while dramatically increasing them for that section with regular access to a car . |
| 13 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 14 | They apparently need them for all manner of reasons . ’ |
| 15 | The quickest method is pressure cooking — to cook beans , soak them for 1 hour in hot water , then cook for 3 to 5 minutes ( or for 15 minutes if unsoaked ) . |
| 16 | The world looks to them for decisive leadership on this issue , as on others " . |
| 17 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
| 18 | Randomizing algorithms are sometimes provided , but it is generally wise for the user to allocate and test them for each file on an individual basis . |
| 19 | They present short narratives of women 's lives , and claim them for feminist therapy on the grounds that they emerge from women 's personal experience . |
| 20 | These schools take children between the ages of about 8 and 13 and prepare them for competitive entry to the public schools . |
| 21 | Indeed , the range of skills which actuaries develop nowadays are ideally suited to fitting them for corporate management in general . |
| 22 | erm I would suggest that anybody who 's really erm concerned in the way you were can either approach their local Education Authority and ask them for some kind of information on this . |
| 23 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 24 | I take the opportunity of the publication of your paper to draw attention to these small details , with respect to which I have never moved myself , because until they interest others in the neighbourhood i should be sorry to be supposed to move in them for any interest of my own . |
| 25 | People react in different ways to odours , for example most people would probably describe rural odours or odour from a brewery , perfumery , or fish and chip shop as pleasant , but not all , some would find them unpleasant , pungent even , especially after being subjected to them for any length of time . |
| 26 | Such organizations have many other characteristics which anybody who has worked in them for any length of time will recognize . |
| 27 | Both men had pocketed their torches to allow them a better grip on their shotguns , and a couple of times they interrupted their progress to stand straining their ears into the whispering darkness around them for any sound of the fearsome dogs . |
| 28 | The Duc d'Orléans refused Stair 's demand to hand over the ships and their contents to Byng but did agree to unload the weapons and remove them for safe keeping to a French arsenal , a notable diplomatic triumph . |
| 29 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 30 | Institutionally , there are no mechanisms for punishing someone for deviant behaviour of any kind . |