Example sentences of "for [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The rest of the battalion is ordered to eat before parades — for if a man faints and he has missed breakfast , he can be charged with rendering himself unfit for duty .
2 No wonder Denmark signalled its dissatisfaction with Maastricht and all it stands for if a batsman needs 10,000 words of multi-lingual explanation before he is allowed to take guard .
3 A probe by the Garda Commissioner was called for after a garda told Dublin 's District Court : ‘ Summonses keep disappearing in connection with these charges .
4 If he is convicted of this crime [ this ] punishment follows : the loss of members , that there be member for member for when a virgin is defiled she loses her member and therefore let her defiler be punished in the parts in which he offended .
5 There are a lot of herbs for when a child falls ill .
6 He said that as well as your meticulous attention to detail — so important with diabetic care — you had an infallible instinct for when a person was in pain .
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