Example sentences of "for [pron] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do not get something for nothing in this world and they know this . |
| 2 | ‘ Do my wishes count for nothing in this house ? ’ |
| 3 | Reputations count for nothing in this game . ’ |
| 4 | Let us look in more detail at the difficulties inherent for everyone in appropriate penetration and then at the problems that can arise in marriage when these are or an extreme nature . |
| 5 | Its principal aim , according to Mellor is that there should be ‘ something for everyone in all parts of the country , and that everyone should have an opportunity to try something new and widen their horizons ’ . |
| 6 | For everyone in higher education would agree that A levels are at best a very rough and ready guide to a pupil 's future development . |
| 7 | It is for everyone in local offices but is particularly relevant to Client Advisers . |
| 8 | There is no future for them in modern India . |
| 9 | John has always gone out of his way to try and persuade similar sufferers that there may be help for them in alternative therapies . |
| 10 | Apartments had been booked for them in one block and they shared in couples . |
| 11 | It performs weddings and baptisms , funerals and services for people who find nothing for them in separate dominations or who ca n't get to church . |
| 12 | Miles better probably than the Manager ever anticipated ; he 's delighted they 're up there , I tell ya and you know , it 's my old club and I 'm pleased for them in that way , but I wan na see us finish off well , but pass the ball . |
| 13 | Then we 've done our work , I would say that my average of ten company representatives went over , perhaps two would find it was useful , useful fact finding mission , but it did n't achieve much , two would click instantly and have orders while they 're there , and the remainder would over the period of six or nine months later , if they worked at it , gain orders or perhaps , perhaps more importantly agents or distributors to sell their products for them in that country . |
| 14 | If noumenal things did exist , there would be no possibility of defining a " principle of individuation " for them in any case . |
| 15 | The committee said that because ministers occupied positions of power there were particular risks for them in any activity which overlaps the border between their public duties and private interests , however worthy the motives may be in any individual case . |
| 16 | Medieval women were not without authority in the familial and economic spheres even if there was no place for them in public politics . |
| 17 | These are the things that are in store for them in later life . ’ |
| 18 | The fact that John had handed over the reins of power to Miss Doris and Mr Smith seemed a great honour but his stipulation that they should keep and maintain the name and reputation of the business so long as it was possible to do so proved a massive task for them in later years . |
| 19 | There either is room for them in this society , and an eventual hearing ( whether pre- or post-martyrdom ) , or there is n't . |
| 20 | I can not trace any acknowledgment from you of the memorandum I sent you on the twelfth of this month , regarding your talents and the scope for them in this office . |
| 21 | ( 12 ) The histories of cease and quit are less varied but the senses found for them in earlier times help explain some of the semantic differences that will be described below . |
| 22 | The high street stores , and even the designers , are finding there is great value in maintaining , shapes , colours and styles that worked for them in previous seasons . |
| 23 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 24 | The BPO/Maazel version on DG has become something of desert island version for me in recent months , although the Philadelphia/Ormandy ( Sony ) is every bit as essential for its uniquely authentic atmosphere ( despite the cuts ) . |
| 25 | When I heard he was missing , I did what he would have done for me in similar circumstances . |
| 26 | But capital punishment is not for me in that category : it is not self-evidently harmful , not self-evidently unjust . |
| 27 | ‘ When father opened an account for me in that branch just across the river from the hospital in my P.T.S. days he advised me , if possible , never to move my account . |
| 28 | She works for me in that side . |
| 29 | ‘ My hands and feet a bit , but that 's usual for me in hot weather . ’ |
| 30 | Incongruously , this was also a very happy period for me in many ways . |