Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a comfort , you know ’ — she smiled now — ‘ to think that there 's somebody opposite you for the first meal of the day , even if it 's to have a row with . ’ |
| 2 | The opposition leaders he met agreed that the question of reunification of Germany was not one for the German people alone , but was the rightful concern of their European neighbours . |
| 3 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 4 | He was not one for the romantic niceties , was Reg . |
| 5 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 6 | He had built it out of practically nothing for the local amateur dramatic society and it had sat resplendently on the stage like something fetched straight from the nearest wood , so real , yet with touches of the bizarre , so brown , so greyish , so admired , so solid . |
| 7 | , you are now being taped for posterity and also its for the English Oxford Dictionary |
| 8 | It 's probably just as well I have n't been near you for the last week . |
| 9 | He guessed that was how she would always be , blocking out everything for the preferred world of her own creation until an idea was spent . |
| 10 | Deictic function is pointing out something for the first time , often using demonstratives as in Look at that picture ! ; |
| 11 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 12 | And that 's just about it for the basic framework of the publication . |
| 13 | Hm yes it 's better is n't it for the extra |
| 14 | But was n't it for the best that his son be separated from Jennifer ? |
| 15 | But er I mean it always er gained there was just a few working with it and they saw the improvement it was making and then everybody for the wild white clover . |