Example sentences of "[adj] for no [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the 10th year the Celebrities Guild has presented its Unsung Heroes Awards to people who help the disadvantaged for no personal reward . |
| 2 | We will do more to bring into use properties owned by central and local government which are standing empty for no good reason . |
| 3 | Days when my mind was like those days , grey and comfortless for no particular reason . |
| 4 | It is true , certainly , that feeling good for no particular reason , and the sensation of warmth , do not involve objects or contents that can be said to be determinate in a certain sense . |
| 5 | There are people who have been brought in unconscious for no apparent reason , who have had car accidents and been cut free by the fire brigade and rushed in for emergency treatment following accidents . |
| 6 | We may be cross and short for no other reason than that we are frustrated and dissatisfied . |
| 7 | He was liable to forget to buy birthday or Christmas presents ( one year when he resolved to mark Christmas properly , he bought everyone gift vouchers because he could not decide what to get ) , but would make a gift out of the blue for no other reason than that it was a nice day . |