Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bogey trying to prevent me except for two H. |
| 2 | there was something about these middle class daughter 's relationships with their ( rather less ) disabled mothers which made sharing a household less tolerable to them than for working class daughters . |
| 3 | Although social workers were trained in dealing with stress , said Mr Gower , the whole subject of removing children from their parents was no less emotive for them than for other members of the community . |
| 4 | Firstly there are undertakings to maintain the confidentiality of business secrets and not to use them except for limited purposes . |
| 5 | There are people who know probably more than me and for one reason or another have been afraid to stand up and be counted , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Even now , disabled people find themselves in hospital because it is the only place that will look after them and for that reason alone . |
| 7 | ‘ A lot of prayers were said for me but for six weeks absolutely nothing happened . |
| 8 | He grinned and released her except for one hand , of which he kept tight hold . |
| 9 | The one thing its citizens have in common is that God has come into the life of each one and given a love for him and for each other which no human or political institution can ever produce . |
| 10 | The respondent is entitled to argue that section 18 should be construed in a way favourable to him and for that reason I have refrained from pronouncing on that matter . |
| 11 | The salient fact is that Wigg believed , and believed with great intensity , that Profumo had lied to him and for that reason was a suitable object for punishment in fanning the flame of the sexual scandal . |
| 12 | It came so fast the keeper hardly saw it so for him and for all Hereford fans here it is in slow motion |
| 13 | She had been very attached to her but for some reason was quite unable to cry over her death . |
| 14 | Sunday lunch has a suitable sense of occasion about it and for many people it is the only time of the week when they can relax and enjoy a leisurely get-together with family or friends . |
| 15 | Disraeli comments favourably on an exception to this rule at Beaumanoir : ‘ How delightful was the morning room … from which gentlemen were not excluded with that assumed suspicion that they can never enter it but for felonious purposes . ’ |
| 16 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 17 | True , there was a mixed Italian and German team climbing not far away , heading for the Traverse of the Gods ; he could see them but for some reason they could n't see him . |
| 18 | WHILE WALKING on the pavement last month , I received injuries which disabled me for for one week caused by a mountain bike . |
| 19 | Sarah drew an enormous breath , let it out , and said : ‘ If you really ask me , I want it to be as easy for me as for that man over there . |
| 20 | Cut the required number of widths of fabric and join them as for unlined curtains ( page 39 ) . |