Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NCF opposed the Home Office scheme on the grounds that , by performing work of national importance , objectors would merely be releasing someone else for military service — ‘ killing by proxy ’ . |
| 2 | You may have known someone else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance . |
| 3 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |
| 4 | The BBC had its own foreign correspondents but none yet for domestic news . |
| 5 | In fact I did one for , for erm one on for two years I think to ab about the same as that , just in pretty colours , but it went on and on . |
| 6 | He drove in a goal and then laid one on for German driver Michael Schumacher . |
| 7 | I could put another one on for any member of staff who wishes to take one to use at interviews . |
| 8 | So talk to him , see what he wants , then stitch something together for next week . ’ |
| 9 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 10 | Not for , then we could think about having a grant aided class if we if we could get one still for this leisure activity , if people were interested . |
| 11 | They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time . |
| 12 | One up for American scholarship . |
| 13 | He had informed his silent audience of the death — just ‘ death ’ — of Dr Kemp ; explained that in order to establish the , er , totality of events , it would be necessary for everyone to complete a little questionnaire ( duly distributed ) , sign and date it , and hand it in to Sergeant Lewis ; that the departure of the coach would have to be postponed until late afternoon , perhaps , with lunch by courtesy of The Randolph ; that Mr Cedric Downes had volunteered to fix something up for that morning , from about 10.45 to 12.15 ; that ( in Morse 's opinion ) activity was a splendid antidote to adversity , and that it was his hope that all the group would avail themselves of Mr Downes 's kind offer ; that if they could all think back to the previous day 's events and try to recall anything , however seemingly insignificant , that might have appeared unusual , surprising , out-of-character — well , that was often just the sort of thing that got criminal cases solved . |
| 14 | Or at least take one out for old Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini … ’ |
| 15 | We 're putting something out for public debate and we 've got to get it out now . ’ |
| 16 | His stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food , but he knew he must not miss this golden opportunity to put something by for another day . |
| 17 | Right , well let's generate the do , discussion and er get you all er involved in something else for three quarters of an hour . |
| 18 | Finally horseracing … and Cheltenham rolled out another vintage year this week … a good one too for local horses and trainers . |
| 19 | Finally horseracing … and Cheltenham rolled out another vintage year this week … a good one too for local horses and trainers . |
| 20 | There are many things that can go wrong when training parents , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 21 | Stella never tells us anything , or anybody else for that matter . |
| 22 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 23 | Muriel 's attitude to others in a working environment gives little credit to anyone else for practical intelligence or reliability . |
| 24 | No one has yet suggested that Mikhail Gorbachev , or anyone else for that matter , should make himself Lord Protector . |
| 25 | You will not be able to play much with the children ( or anyone else for that matter ! ) without becoming weary . |
| 26 | Never before had I heard him , or — anyone else for that matter , sound so emphatic in praise of my written work . |
| 27 | Most people suffering from scabies would gladly donate their symptoms to royalty , or anyone else for that matter . |
| 28 | If you leave it to the building society , or anyone else for that matter , the report is likely to be unsatisfactory . |
| 29 | I wonder if Daedalus , or anyone else for that matter , has thought about the annoying glare given off by those ubiquitous orange sodium street lamps . |
| 30 | Neither did God or anyone else for that matter . |