Example sentences of "for [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 2 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 3 | Her picture of God ( which came from experiences in the past ) was so distorted that without realizing it she was believing a grotesque caricature of God which for sanity 's sake she was forced at the same time to doubt . |
| 4 | He knew instinctively that this was no casual conversation and that for Cora-Beth 's sake he must be honest . |
| 5 | For NME 's part we offer a celebratory discography , though the many US and Euro Sonic offerings have been omitted in order to keep the listing within the bounds of reason . |
| 6 | For Jeff 's sake I 'll agree to help you . ’ |
| 7 | The meeting was arranged for ten o'clock ; in their anxiety , they arrived twenty minutes early , and Ernest suggested that for politeness ' sake they should walk up White Horse Lane and back , to kill time . |
| 8 | In the end she suggested that I should just come and listen , and for politeness ' sake I agreed . |
| 9 | For appearances ' sake I maintained the fiction that I was setting up an independent enterprise in the EFL field . |
| 10 | There was nothing Claudia would have liked more than for Dana to put distance between herself and Roman , but for Berenice 's sake she must n't be allowed to divert Garry 's attention away from his wife . |
| 11 | For safety 's sake it is always best to also enclose the fields in quotation marks as this gets round the problem of commas both in text fields and as thousands separators in numbers . |
| 12 | For Purdy 's benefit she dropped the names of her most prestigious clients . |
| 13 | For Stephen 's mother it 's a devasting blow . |
| 14 | I rather hoped I would n't have to face you with this but thanks to your belief that I 'm somehow responsible for Eddie 's death you force my hand . |
| 15 | ‘ He said … he said if anyone was to blame for Eddie 's death it was you ! ’ |
| 16 | For god 's sake he 's he 's played that |
| 17 | And I went berserk about two nights later and said for god 's sake you 're driving me bonkers , go away and sleep on the sofa . |
| 18 | This was for economy 's sake you see , you could n't afford to buy shoes like people buy them now and just throw them away . |
| 19 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |
| 20 | to five p.m. but put it on tape for God 's sake we ca n't stand this you know . |
| 21 | After I 've heard their conversation for God 's sake you know , have a bit of heart ! |
| 22 | For God 's sake you know what they 're like in the village . |
| 23 | I got up out the chair and er went out the front door and I said to her for God 's sake it 's Sunday ! |
| 24 | She could n't take their mother 's place , of course , but for Liz 's sake she must try to do everything she possibly could for the little girls . |
| 25 | He did n't want them either , but he felt that for Timmy 's sake she should take what was on offer . |
| 26 | Never late Jo is , half-past eight sharp like a bloody train steaming up and come on Maggie for Christ 's sake they close the nursery doors at nine you should know that by now . |
| 27 | I wanted to bring ye both in there , but Shamus says , for Christ 's sake they 're me own brother and his wife . |
| 28 | I know it will be expensive , but for Christ 's sake we 're dealing with a maniac . ’ |
| 29 | Well for Christ 's sake you have n't even done a week yet . |
| 30 | For Christ 's Hospital he designed the new grammar school ( 1793 , demolished ) — receiving a gratuity of 100 guineas ‘ for his great attention during the building ’ because he had charged at a rate of only 2½ per cent instead of the usual 5 per cent — and additions to the school in Hertford ( 1800 ) , and also made designs for various ambitious unexecuted schemes for redeveloping the main buildings . |