Example sentences of "[pron] for the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
| 2 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 3 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 4 | I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff . |
| 5 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |
| 6 | Now the eight twelves are killing you for the same reason . ’ |
| 7 | You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one . |
| 8 | You can adopt an ant for £20 — which some people may consider a little extreme , considering a scorpion will sting you for the same amount . |
| 9 | I found a piece of blue-grey silk for the background , to tone in with the recipient 's decor , and selected the wooden frame and the gold tones in the picture itself for the same reason . |
| 10 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 11 | I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage . |
| 12 | a a better property for about forty four thousand or whatever for the same money . |