Example sentences of "[subord] for [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general cargo ship was empty except for its own fuel oil when it hit the island , lying between Orkney and the Scottish mainland , in the early hours of Saturday . |
| 2 | It is an excellent book , as I took care to point out , except for my few niggles . |
| 3 | He listened , but there was no sound from upstairs except for his own bedroom door banging . |
| 4 | Tickets had been issued to limit the audience for today 's sub-committee debate , a larger audience than for what some councillors thought more important matters . |
| 5 | They must exercise their powers in the interests of the exchange , rather than for their own benefit . |
| 6 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 7 | General practitioners ' threshold for visiting is probably lower for patients on lists that they cover than for their own patients . |
| 8 | It is possible that one of the epitaphs Leapor wrote was for Mary Freemantle , rather than for her own mother as first seems likely [ ML , 1 , 263 ] . |
| 9 | I suspected the question was meant for my amusement rather than for his own enlightenment . |
| 10 | And although for my own part it would be my ruin , yet so great is my veneration for you , so entire my reliance on providence upon so just an occasion that I should think myself but too happy if I might be accepted . |
| 11 | ‘ Bad luck , ’ I said although for my own sake I was glad that he had failed . |
| 12 | It did n't help to admit that , but for her own stupidity , she would never have come near the place . |
| 13 | Whether she ever told what she 'd found I never discovered , but for my own part I only wanted to forget the whole frightening incident . |
| 14 | I 'd now like to talk about places where stamps can be bought , whether for your own collection or to give as gifts . |
| 15 | William kept close to Hari 's side , though for his own protection or hers Hari was n't sure . |
| 16 | From their ranks today will come the senior teachers of AD 2000 , so it is crucial for education , as well as for their own well-being , that this group is preserved from the fates of burn-out and cynicism . |
| 17 | As for his former wife , Aahmes , she had become a shadowy figure who sent him a letter from the Delta every new year , at the midsummer opet festival , with news of his favourite son , Heby . |
| 18 | As for his own peers — the friends he 'd had before Vanessa — most had faded . |
| 19 | As for his own comeback to the official international cricket scene , Gatting admitted : ‘ I 'd taken nothing for granted . |
| 20 | As for his own talk — that , once begun , had , as usual , spun itself out as thoughtlessly as the wind : he believed it and quite often it was true or partly true — and if others believed it — a bargain had been struck . |
| 21 | As for our own species , the oldest evidence , going back to possibly about 35,000 BC , reveals that the dead were not only equipped with weapons , tools , and ornaments but also with food , which must often have been in short supply among the living . |
| 22 | Of course , we also need to pray for the needs that others have , as well as for our own needs . |
| 23 | As for my own work ! |
| 24 | As for my own disappointment , I will keep playing the best I can and hope things change . ’ |
| 25 | As for my own research , there are some areas of it in which quantification has not been used because in these areas it was not necessary or appropriate for the purpose I had in mind ( see for example the discussions in chapter 5 ) . |