Example sentences of "mark [pron] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When fate marks you down for immortality you 'd just better bite the bullet and lace your boots up tight . |
| 2 | If we examine God not as protagonist and moral bully but as author of this story , we have to mark him down for plot , motivation , suspense and characterisation . |
| 3 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 4 | ‘ The assassin has marked us down for death , but first he is playing with us like a cat does with a mouse . |
| 5 | Dering 's evident application , as well as a connection with Sir Heneage Finch ( later first Earl of Nottingham , q.v. ) , the newly appointed solicitor-general ( Dering had married his sister-in-law ) , marked him out for government office . |
| 6 | His looks , his temperament , his background — even his name marked him off for ridicule . |