Example sentences of "for [pron] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sexual life itself seldom goes smoothly for everyone all the time . |
| 2 | And just to show the Brownies he really was their friend , Farmer Bolsover sent along to the barn for them all the apples Penny had shaken from the tree she had climbed in his orchard ! |
| 3 | For certain self-aware people , however , this is not possible : to imagine themselves being themselves , living their own real , authentic , or genuine life , has for them all the aspects of a hallucination . |
| 4 | They had people to do that for them half the time , there was no need for it , but it was as if I had to earn my keep , I had to repay what they 'd done for me , with the people that worked there laughing at me behind my back , wondering where I 'd come from , thinking maybe I was no better than them . |
| 5 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
| 6 | You never thought of O as someone who was with people or who went home with people , and he never seemed to be looking round for someone all the time , which is how most of us must have appeared . |
| 7 | This is a competition held during every exercise , for which all the nations enter teams . |
| 8 | The interpretation for which both the applicant and the Attorney-General contended before the Court of Appeal was that the answer was affirmative ; either because the proceedings for habeas corpus were so firmly imprinted with a civil character that they were to be treated as civil , notwithstanding the essentially criminal nature of the proceedings from which they arose , or because they were of an indeterminate nature , which section 13(2) ( a ) was wide enough to embrace . |
| 9 | Alan got a message for you all the stewards and secretaries within Pilkingtons and also the A E U , M S F and the T & G thanks very much for the initiative you 've in getting us all together and the initiative you 've took in getting us part of the European set-up company Pilkingtons , at this present time are very negative . |
| 10 | ‘ That would 've been quite a drive for you all the way to London . |
| 11 | Bedi believes India should concentrate on spin and forget hopes of a ‘ mediocre ’ pace attack making any dent in the England batting , saying : ‘ Kapil Dev is an exception , but you can not expect a one-man army to win for you all the time . ’ |
| 12 | Whilst you 're a student you will be living on a limited income so it 's important to make your money work for you all the time . |
| 13 | He thinks about you and prays for you all the time . |
| 14 | Do n't leave it for you all the time . |
| 15 | I , like many other married women , hope to achieve some kind of independence and do n't want to rely on my husband for everything all the time . |
| 16 | Melanie had never been given so much as a sixpence for herself all the time she had been at the shop . |
| 17 | Sorry for him all the time . |
| 18 | He had been uncharacteristically relaxed and jovial during the meal , which had both surprised and pleased Cleo , who 'd anticipated having to apologise for him all the time . |
| 19 | C. It 's like you have to be sorry for her all the time . |
| 20 | You wo n't forfeit it but you still have to remember you 've got ta claim for it all the time . |
| 21 | not paying out for it all the time |
| 22 | In these circumstances , a further argument for public support of R & d may be because private firms realize they will not be able to appropriate for themselves all the benefits of their efforts . |
| 23 | Did n't know what was best for themselves half the time . |
| 24 | Her initial task will be to try and regularise for us all the amount of information that we have about what is sent to which categories of all the Christian Aid materials and then go on to hopefully ‘ plug the gaps ’ in church contacts . |
| 25 | What is clear is that we need another ball control , distribution player , it is unfair for Macca be responsible for us all the time and besides teams can do what Ipswich did to him and mark him out of the game in the forward areas . |
| 26 | For us two the war meant , as for so many others , a break in physical contact : but if , as Simone Weil said , ‘ every separation is a link ’ , such a break is not a breaking off , but a period in which , at least in my case , that ties of friendship continued in another form . |
| 27 | Usually perhaps there was a servant , but my mother did everything for us ii the house , made many of our clothes and mended them , prepared and gave us food , tended us when sick , comforted us when cold , disappointed , or sorrowful . |