Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 2 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 3 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 6 | Which is what I meant to erm tt get on to Chris from the press office B B C Well I 'll give him a bell and just organize it for one day . |
| 7 | I can do it for one minute twenty seconds . |
| 8 | For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon . |
| 9 | Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year . |
| 10 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 11 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 12 | His land adjoins theirs for one thing , and more importantly , it 's the only way he can expand in this area to include substantial buildings . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't believe it for one minute , personally , but this is the , this is the theory , and I 'll explain why I do n't believe it , later . |
| 14 | Scrap it for one day . |
| 15 | However , if you 've had years of not liking yourself for one reason or another , this can be very difficult . |
| 16 | to last me for one month , because we 've got to put it on . |
| 17 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 18 | He is constantly haunted by the fear that the US might abandon him for one reason or another and has been particularly uneasy over the new US administration 's attitude towards him . " |
| 19 | Look , I 've found a hostel that will take you for one night . |
| 20 | I do n't blame him for one minute . |
| 21 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 22 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 23 | We used to get them for one penny the pack in the navy . |
| 24 | Evidently moves which for one person seem plausible are simply not moves which others can make . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'll only require you for one hour a day . |
| 26 | People paid 25 roubles to have it for one night . |
| 27 | I frequently perform funerals three deep : that is , I do it for one person , who does it for another , who does it for the relatives of the deceased , he being the first person applied to . |
| 28 | They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Excuse me for one minute . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You could n't kill somebody for one gold coin . |