Example sentences of "for [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for them the traditional lunchtime saunter down to the pub , then off to the match with their mates . |
| 2 | Indeed , most of their problems spring from the fact that for them the two functions are deeply connected . |
| 3 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
| 4 | But enough carousing and photographing … would I mind , my Tasmanian countrymen asked , taking the World Cup back to Sydney for them the following morning ? |
| 5 | She was surprised by the extent of Sue 's gratitude , when she came looking for them the following evening . |
| 6 | For them the Imperial Sun shines on undiminished ! |
| 7 | For them the critical starting date in human history was the one in 1896 when British law was changed to allow motor-cars to be driven without a man preceding them on foot carrying a red flag . |
| 8 | For them the skilful use of mass media may be important , and key contacts in positions of power will be a great help . |
| 9 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 10 | Five year students , they gave a party for them the other evening about fifty of them must have turned up . |
| 11 | Homework is done by women whose role as unpaid caretakers of a nation 's dependents forces them out of the competition of the job market , and , still needing to earn , into work which is desperately tedious , which has to be carried out in isolation , thus losing for them the only element which makes tedious work bearable — the cameradie of the factory floor . |
| 12 | For them the Social Charter and its accompanying action programme offer the way forward . |
| 13 | They were temporary , not permanent , migrants : not for them the single journey to a new land . |
| 14 | If our young girls are to learn the profession , let them serve a seven years apprenticeship and when they have completed it , I ask for them the same wages as are paid for journeymen … |
| 15 | the first test for them the giant slalom … a three quarter of a mile long downhill race … just like ski-ing … and after the downpour this morning it was just as slippy for the bikes … |
| 16 | the first test for them the giant slalom … a three quarter of a mile long downhill race … just like ski-ing … and after the downpour this morning it was just as slippy for the bikes … |
| 17 | Not for them the sudden exhilaration of Crick and Watson on discovering the structure of DNA ( a rare thrill , even in the natural sciences ) . |
| 18 | Not for them the purposeless Irish custom of the kick upfield which might , with a bit of luck , blunder into touch and ‘ everything can stop for tea ’ . |
| 19 | Not for them the comfortable life ; they might get ideas above their station , which was to devote themselves to hard labour and be grateful for small mercies . |
| 20 | For them the whole range of feelings of shock , disbelief and anger come into play . |
| 21 | These caches usually consist of single prey species , and if the predator does not return for them the resulting bone assemblage should consist of more or less complete skeletons from one or a limited number of species . |
| 22 | For them the vital issue of racial identity confusion does not exist . |
| 23 | The chief executive or clerk of a local authority is always anxious to assist members by giving and obtaining for them the fullest information for their work . |
| 24 | For me the European theatre is where it 's at — a physical art rooted in the circus . ’ |
| 25 | Several months into my secondary education , this working provided what was for me the greatest locospotting thrill of the decade . |
| 26 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 27 | For me the chief attractions of this programme were the two pieces by Hans Gàl , whom I knew towards the end of his long and fecund life ( he died in October 1987 , at the age of 97 ) . |
| 28 | The story of Ruth illuminates for me the unbridgeable difference , rather than the similarity , between her situation and mine . |
| 29 | Not for me the reckless , romantic heroisms that make obituary writers reach for phrases like ’ untimely end ’ and ’ cut down in his prime ’ . |
| 30 | More than any other sound , more even than the grunting roar of a lion , their howling evokes for me the African night . |