Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 2 | " She looking for someone for a job ? " |
| 3 | I bought myself a mug of tea at the counter in order to pay for something for a change , then I sat and waited for Kathleen . |
| 4 | And it says in this booklet that W H was for one for a period , the prospective Labour candidate for er Central , as was then . |
| 5 | I am particularly taken with one for a charity based in Rusper , Sussex , called ‘ Care for the Wild ’ . |
| 6 | Ferrets must become used to wearing a muzzle long before they are fitted with one for a day 's ferreting . |
| 7 | Where a Master 's degree course is paired with one for a Diploma , students are registered concurrently for both qualifications . |
| 8 | Shall we just top this up with something for a drink for him ? |
| 9 | ‘ I was feeling pretty pleased with myself yesterday after picking up some awards in Harrogate , including one for a window display . |
| 10 | Before the gun battle started the Vietnamese youths issued extravagant demands , including one for a flight to Thailand so they could fight communists . |
| 11 | One bounced cheque could ruin your reputation with the shop and will lead to bank charges — probably including one for a letter from the manager . |
| 12 | No it 's er I 'm taping all my conversations I have with everybody for a week . |
| 13 | If an amateur took a temporary job as a shop assistant , he could be paid without infringing the rules , provided he did not play for prize-money , be paid for lessons , or play golf with anyone for a fee . |
| 14 | People have been counted as spending all of the last year of their lives in residential homes if they had lived in one for a year or more . |
| 15 | Taking all types of respondents together their ratings were similar for people who had not been in a residential home at all and those who had been in one for a year or more , while those who had only spent part of the last year of their lives in a residential home were generally felt to have had a worse quality of life : for 39 per cent of them it was rated as poor compared with 27 per cent of the other two groups . |
| 16 | I think they are a waste of money because the baby 's only in one for a couple of months . |
| 17 | ‘ The thought of being in one for a week and unconscious for half a day would n't have appealed to me very much . |
| 18 | If you go to America you 'll still have to depend on someone for a living . ’ |
| 19 | Why do n't you give them to somebody for a present ? |
| 20 | If you give that to somebody for a present , it looks a lot dun n it ? |
| 21 | A day when nearly every home in the village was open house to anyone for a cup of tea and something to eat . |
| 22 | ‘ Naturally I agree — I would agree to anything for a sight of Edward , be he prince or king ! ’ |
| 23 | But it is also well known that the so-called expert witness in court may be a hired gun , willing to testify to anything for a fee , or a crackpot whose unsupportable ideas are masked by an advanced degree — often from a respectable university . |