Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there I am in some terra incognita by the name of Stoke Newington , which Stuart assures me is the next district where house prices are due to display tumescence , but where for the moment there dwelleth men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll hang myself , ’ I used to mutter over and over again , or for a change I would stare at my shotgun and wonder at the sort of mess I could make of myself . |
| 3 | Where a firm deals with or for a customer it must take all reasonable steps to deal on the terms which are the best available for the customer in the circumstances . |
| 4 | 10.3 The provisions of Condition 10.1 shall not apply to any infringement caused by the Seller having followed a design or instruction furnished or given by the Purchaser nor to any use of the goods in a manner or for a purpose which shall have been specifically prohibited in writing by the Seller , nor to any infringement which is due to the use of such goods in association or combination with any other product . |
| 5 | No longer would a viewer pay for what he/she did not watch or for a service which he/she did not use . |
| 6 | Some grandparents are remembered as explicitly refusing to give any help , as for an illegitimate , fatherless grandchild , or for a parent who drank . |
| 7 | Abstinence following birth ( see post-partum abstinence ) should be distinguished from periodic abstinence or the rhythm method and from terminal abstinence which , in several cultures , is an accepted way of behaviour under certain conditions ( e.g. for a woman living with her married daughter or daughter-in-law who also has a child or for a woman who wants to cease childbearing altogether ) . |
| 8 | They did so without any regard for the serious injury they could cause or for the damage they could inflict . |
| 9 | ‘ As far as I can see we can either go for Dersingham or for the man himself . |
| 10 | The photographs showed sporting groups posing with their weapons , except for a couple which showed a man — the same in both — on one knee by a dead stag . |
| 11 | The two men have different versions of the meeting which followed , and there were no witnesses except for a waiter who interrupted them in the middle of the shouting match and asked if they wanted any sandwiches . |
| 12 | Except for the hotel which is the most wonderful walk hotel |
| 13 | ‘ There are n't any lies about Mudhoney — except for the shit we make up ourselves . ’ |
| 14 | The characteristic heart-shaped facial disc had come through an almost golden colour , and her breast was a stunning white except for the top which had a very faint tint of golden brown . |
| 15 | Despite this , Sarajevo 's main newspaper , situated only 50 yards from the front line of battle , has published an edition daily , except for the day it was bombed . |
| 16 | The victim is invisible , fully shrouded : except for the bit we 're working on . |
| 17 | I 'd always thought it would be embarrassing to have a man undress you , especially the suspenders which are so ugly and comic , but I helped , and except for the girdle which must be the most resistant , unromantic garment since the chastity belt , it was all easy and delightful . |
| 18 | He did n't have a friend on Tahiti — except for the girl he played his love scene with . |
| 19 | And that 's all anyone knows … except for the girl herself . ’ |
| 20 | These were all forms which failed towards the end of the Cretaceous , except for the crocodilian which still live on , virtually unchanged , today . |
| 21 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 22 | The watch is British made except for the movement which comes from the best Swiss supplier . |
| 23 | Results were good , except for the banding which is particularly visible towards the rear of the train . |
| 24 | We are satisfied because : this is not a new doctrine , except for the good it allows us to foresee ; it is not immatura ( not yet ripe ) : the yes vote is attributable to Vatican I , to the two previous sessions , to the really profound studies of the Theological Commission , to the general development of theological studies in the Church , to the Church 's self-awareness , to ecumenism ; it is not contrary to the primacy ( reaffirmed at least 20 times ) . |
| 25 | Except for the woman he kept hidden in his heart . |
| 26 | It 's hideous , except for the logo which they 've almost destroyed . |
| 27 | Emily had not called on Aunt Sophie recently , she was n't in the mood for visiting nor for the lecture her aunt would surely give her on humiliating the family by openly selling her possessions . |
| 28 | They were so shocked that for a while I was convinced they would go away and not only cancel our betrothal but probably the wedding between Boz and Alamena as well . ’ |
| 29 | She was able to warn her manager that for a while she might be a bit slower and occasionally a bit tearful . |
| 30 | She pronounces ‘ liver ’ with a long vowel , so that for a second he thinks she is asking if he likes geese saliva . |