Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 2 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 3 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 4 | Tomorrow , of course , Kathleen Long joins us for the Phone the Doc slot . |
| 5 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 6 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 7 | I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others . |
| 8 | Information having the necessary quality of confidence which is supplied by one party of a contract to another for the purpose of enabling that other to perform a contract will usually be subject to an obligation of confidence so that the recipient may only use it for the purpose of that contract . |
| 9 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 10 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 11 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 12 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 13 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 14 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 15 | You have to get him wound down a bit , you have to do it , you know of a about half an hour or so ask him for the proper name ! |
| 16 | So keep it for the end and keep it for when you 've not only done all the questions but had a quick check through to see have |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd rather be doing it on my own , ’ Maria responded waspishly , taking advantage of the fact that no one was near enough to overhear them for the moment . |
| 18 | The Scottish Typographical Circular reported of this conflict that " people are beginning to see that making women printers … will only unfit them for the active and paramount duties of female society " . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd better reimburse you for the sweets ’ Vernon insisted , in a tight unfriendly voice . |
| 20 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |
| 21 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 22 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 23 | This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality . |
| 24 | His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes . |
| 25 | If you 've just joined us for the eight o'clock news , as many people do , welcome . |
| 26 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 27 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 28 | I assumed he 'd just picked you for the resemblance . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
| 30 | Dad 's a , dad 's just nominated you for the big in the campus . |