Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because their reading skills are poor too , many reports end up in the waste bin — which is a better place for them than the filing cabinet . |
| 2 | Our survey shows that highbrow readers rated their papers no more useful for them than the lowbrow papers were for their readers ( Table 6.11 ) . |
| 3 | Poverty is a more pressing problem for them than the greenhouse effect . |
| 4 | names for them because the stegosaurus has got teeny weeny front feet at the front and huge back legs |
| 5 | Most of the works , which had no reserves , were bought by private collectors for figures up to 70% below what Lesieutre — stoically present on the front row — had paid for them when the art market was booming . |
| 6 | It will not be much fun for them when the weather is bad . |
| 7 | People on legal aid will only be able to get the most inexperienced lawyers to work for them if a plan to set fixed hourly rates goes ahead , the Law Society warns . |
| 8 | Foreignness for me provided a difference that moved me in a way that sexual difference never did ’ ( ‘ Home and Abroad ’ , 44 , my emphasis ) . |
| 9 | And it was perfect for me because a lot of the vibrato that I had developed over the years suddenly sounded more like me , because the vibrato bar was n't there taking up the slack and giving way every time I applied vibrato . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a lucky day for me when the storm washed you up on my island , my darling . ’ |
| 11 | Says David Stokes : ‘ My parents said they would by them for me when the time was right but I would be too embarrassed to ask . |
| 12 | Mind you , travel was very much an academic thing for me until the television programme and even now I can scarcely say I am a travelled person . |
| 13 | " But it 'll still be there waiting for you after the Christmas festivities are over . |
| 14 | A walk before breakfast every day or exercise done after work every day — say a fifteen-minute run , a game of tennis or another walk — is very much better for you than a game of rugby once a week and nothing else . |
| 15 | But just as a thought for you since the school 's are involved and since children are involved in a number of these things perhaps it has been tried I do n't know erm you might actually be able to get a more regular input not only from the children and their but also from their par ents by perhaps involving or asking the schools to become involved in the production of the programme . |
| 16 | Then the king will say to those on his right hand , ‘ You have my Father 's blessing ; come , enter and possess the kingdom that has been ready for you since the world was made . |
| 17 | The dog might not respond readily to their commands , and may simply head off into the distance , possibly looking for you if the territory is familiar . |
| 18 | Likewise , the lie will be wrong for you if the toe rests on the ground with the heel clear . |
| 19 | A solicitor will often already be doing the conveyancing for you if the problem concerns a property you are buying or selling . |
| 20 | Much-maligned pasta can actually be very good for you if the sauce is not rich . |
| 21 | If the image is something you do n't really think is going to do as much for you as the voice . |
| 22 | they 're waiting for you as the train pulls in . |
| 23 | I 'm not suggesting players should go around collecting yellow cards , but you must have players who are going to get stuck in for you when the going gets tough . |
| 24 | That 's waiting for you when the assignment comes up . |
| 25 | Paige had been happy to house-sit for him until a relative could arrive , and in the meantime she had done a little searching around of her own in the markets . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) Where a member fails to disclose or furnish any information , document or other matter which he is required to disclose or furnish to the Company under Article 6 the Directors may resolve that no vote shall be tendered or accepted in respect of any share held by or for him until the member shall have disclosed or furnished the information , document or other matter required . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Where a member fails to disclose or furnish any information , document or other matter which he is required to disclose or furnish to the Company under Article 6 the Directors may resolve that no vote shall be tendered or accepted in respect of any share held by or for him until the member shall have disclosed or furnished the information , document or other matter required . |
| 28 | Mum sometimes did shopping for him when the weather was bad . |
| 29 | ‘ Sonny Pigg , lead singer of the Mothers of Violence , who last month released a successful solo album dedicated to ‘ The Tasmanian Devil , ’ has issued a press statement in which he claims that ‘ the Devil is a real gone guy , and we should go with the groove for him when the bloodtide comes round . |
| 30 | It has been particularly difficult for him because the Government have two of their placemen on the council , but he has managed to keep fighting though the council has this deadweight of government lackeys . ’ |