Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Jones was attacked at her home in the village of Hodson near Swindon all for the sake of sixty pounds . |
| 2 | They had all come from Bangor together for the game . |
| 3 | In April , the French and the Scots embarked on a polite exchange of congratulatory diplomatic compliments , with the French claiming that they had attacked Boulogne only for the sake of the Scots . |
| 4 | He did homage to Edward explicitly for the land held by him of the English king , but is reputed to have added ‘ saving my kingdom of Scotland ’ . |
| 5 | Munro more for the effect than anything else , was in uniform . |
| 6 | SCORES of police officers in full riot gear flooded into Maghera today for the funeral of IRA man James Kelly , one of four Roman Catholics murdered by the UFF at Castlerock . |
| 7 | Now before we move further I 'd like to take this opportunity of expressing on your behalf our thanks to Hugh here for the service that he 's rendered our church to this point in time but particularly as the convenor of the Board of World Mission and Unity . |
| 8 | If anyone had asked him , Peter would have said that the Mollands had invited him to spend the summer with them at Abbotsfield simply for the pleasure of his company . |
| 9 | OWNERS of De Loreans from abroad were arriving in Northern Ireland today for the start of a celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the Ulster-built car 's official fan club . |
| 10 | Before doing so , fine gravel produced by Marley specifically for the task is brushed into the joints . |
| 11 | DEC 's announcement that it would concentrate on OSF/1 only for the Alpha range made enough customers angry for DEC to go back to its business plan and think again . |
| 12 | Hindus blame George Bush and Saddam Hussein equally for the war . |
| 13 | Some sort of canvas covers that can be stripped so that I 'm Luftwaffe again for the trip back . ’ |
| 14 | Slanging matches with Craddock just for the hell of it . |
| 15 | The danger with this was that it caused believers to look to their own faith rather than to Christ alone for the assurance of their salvation . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've promised to take Claudia away for the weekend , and she 's not going to let me off it even though we 're so shorthanded . |
| 17 | Other Churches do not see the need for such a sacramental structure and urge their people to ask God directly for the forgiveness of sins . |
| 18 | On arrival at the Salters ' Hall the guests , many of whom had travelled by bus from Shropshire especially for the occasion , were greeted by Sir Peter and Lady Gadsden and Mr and Mrs Alan Henn before everyone went in to dinner . |
| 19 | An American legal source said : ‘ Fans are going to have to show they are going to the US only for the soccer matches and provide evidence of a steady history of employment , and that they can support themselves while in the States . ’ |
| 20 | At the end of the match Comte Ghislain de Vogüé of Moët et Chandon , who had come over from France especially for the match and the luncheon that preceded it ; and Viscountess Marchwood , wife of the managing director of Moët et Chandon UK , presented the Moët et Chandon prizes , and Miss Liz Kershaw the publisher of Harpers & Queen presented the Harpers & Queen trophy . |
| 21 | At four weeks , systolic pressure was 129 ( 18 ) mm Hg ( mean ( SD ) ) , diastolic pressure 80 ( 12 ) mm Hg for the prednisolone group ; v 120 ( 19 ) mm Hg and 77 ( 12 ) mm Hg respectively for the fluticasone propionate group . |
| 22 | AYOUTH was sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty 's pleasure at the Old Bailey yesterday for the murder of baby Christopher Palmer while the mother was convicted of cruelty but cleared of murder and manslaughter . |
| 23 | THOUSANDS of parents and their children crammed into cinemas across Britain yesterday for the opening night of Home Alone 2 : Lost In New York . |
| 24 | and , members of the Scottish Cycling Council ( the CTC in Scotland ) travelled to Aberfoyle in the Trossachs recently for the launch of the Scottish version of the Mountain Bike Code . |
| 25 | Rondar 's 370 , designed by Stephen Jones specifically for the competition , was one of the two boats that made the final selection . |
| 26 | He offered Jean-Claude less for the vase than Jean-Claude believed it must be worth . |
| 27 | Sussex teachers thank Marjorie especially for the way in which she has always helped and stood by them , from their years of training onwards . |
| 28 | The Shadow Chancellor blamed Mr Major personally for the mountain of misery caused by the slump . |
| 29 | The action moved to the Saints ' end where a cross from Kiwomya eluded Dozzell and Whitton but fell kindly for Guentchev only for the Bulgarian to blaze his shot over the top . |
| 30 | An added precautionary measure is to form Newco specially for the management buy-out rather than acquire a shelf company , because a shelf company 's accounting period may have commenced at a time when its Memorandum of Association does not reflect the relevant purpose test , for example , where a general trading company is purchased and turned into a holding company . |