Example sentences of "[indef pn] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course these benefits did nothing for the increasing number of lone mothers who were not widows but who were unmarried or , more commonly , divorced or separated . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 3 | When the adjective is one which qualifies sense , one would expect the altered phrase to have become quite useless — perhaps even to be designated as ungrammatical — precisely because such adjectives require exhibition of the properties involved in the noun in order to have their own effect , by combining with those properties ; so , if the noun or pronoun head of the phrase merely indicates entity-hood without mentioning any properties , there is nothing for the sense-qualifying adjective to work on . |
| 4 | The earlier cases do not make any reference to the possibility of arresting someone for the sole purpose of questioning him or her with a view to obtaining a confession . |
| 5 | There 's always that barrier to be got over , when you are going to sleep with someone for the first time , and I just thought it would be a good time to get it over with . |
| 6 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 7 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |
| 8 | So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game . |
| 9 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |
| 10 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 11 | The figures of the main characters of the Nativity are then placed on it along with the pots of cereals , now full of green sprouts which symbolize fertility and plenty for the coming year . |
| 12 | He guessed that was how she would always be , blocking out everything for the preferred world of her own creation until an idea was spent . |
| 13 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 14 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 15 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 16 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 17 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 18 | Deictic function is pointing out something for the first time , often using demonstratives as in Look at that picture ! ; |
| 19 | The work is of a very high standard , with several children who have recently joined the school writing something for the first time . |
| 20 | Gina , Barbara , Ronnie and Chris Jury , a friend of theirs from Hull University Drama Department days , volunteered to arrange something for the second anniversary of John 's kidnap on 17 April . |
| 21 | He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk . |
| 22 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 23 | Every increase in the price expected will , as a rule , induce some people who would not otherwise have produced anything , to produce a-little ; and those , who have produced something for the lower price , will produce more for the higher price . |
| 24 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 25 | Did something for the common good . |
| 26 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 27 | That younger element , are doing something for the local community . |
| 28 | thirty six quid for this thirty six eighty four or something for the local paper . |
| 29 | And I think that if people who are still smoking , and I think nearly every smoker is unhappy with their habit , if they will remember that and think that they can actually do something for the next generation , it 's not their fault , there are people out there , there are forces out there who are forced them to start smoking and who are trying to get the generation to start . |
| 30 | Certainly I 'm gon na do a , something for the next day . |