Example sentences of "[adv] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Surely there must be a job somewhere for someone with his ability . ’ |
| 2 | He may do it by actually ‘ clobbering ’ somebody , but this would imply a rather drastic escalation of the conflict situation and happens too rarely for everyone in the aggro-leader role to prove themselves . |
| 3 | Sladen waited nervously for somebody to say something , then asked tentatively : ‘ Well … if we are n't to discover who , is it possible to find out something about why ? ’ |
| 4 | There may conceivably be cases where it is all right for someone willingly to allow themselves to be treated as a means . |
| 5 | She comments , ‘ luckily for everyone , I found others to do the singing , while I gave the commentary and some of the recitations ’ . |
| 6 | but then when we went into it they said erm obviously look at the development plans and it would go ahead eventually for something there , they did n't state what . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . |
| 8 | Probably she had seen that exhibition Adrian and Carol were putting on for everyone 's benefit . |
| 9 | It 's hard to cope , but we have to carry on for everyone 's sake . |
| 10 | Counsel took the case on for nothing and , on appeal , the Divisional Court found that the crime did not exist . |
| 11 | For it was around eleven that morning , when she returned to her office after going to consult Dave Smith about some matter , that Jimmy told her chirpily , ‘ I knew I did n't put this tie on for nothing . |
| 12 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 13 | But if your dad switches the light on for anything |
| 14 | THE search is on for someone to fill a top training post . |
| 15 | you are waiting ( eg for someone overdue to come home , to go into the dentist ) . |
| 16 | s12 Every partner is liable jointly with his co-partners and also severally for everything for which the firm while he is a partner therein becomes liable under either of the two last preceding sections . |
| 17 | He 'd gathered his life around him like a cloak in which there was only room enough for one . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's only enough for one . |
| 19 | However , this model is simple enough for one to be able to make numerous predictions from it , and hence it has been easy to submit the model to experimental tests . |
| 20 | There should be enough for one per family . |
| 21 | Yeah it 's big enough for one but it is n't it big enough for two , that 's the one we went to see . |
| 22 | He had wanted a male grandchild and he had got a male grandchild ; that should be enough for everybody … [ 18 ] The good news therefore was doubly welcome and caused as much delight at Elmhurst as dismay in Woburn Square , where the John Pontifexes were then living . |
| 23 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel ; he had wanted a grandson and he had got a grandson ; this should be enough for everybody … |
| 24 | Cuvier had reconstructed extinct mammals , but here the analogies with living elephants , bears and rhinoceroses were close enough for nobody to doubt what they must have looked like . |
| 25 | One life is not enough for somebody with her hormones . |
| 26 | A 40MByte drive should be enough for nothing but spreadsheets and a little word processing . |
| 27 | ‘ The dolls are frightened of heights ! ’ she added , loud enough for everyone to hear . |
| 28 | He leaves a grieving wife and a — ’ Here he hesitated just enough for everyone to notice , ’ — a fine son . |
| 29 | Enough for everyone ! |
| 30 | ‘ Scotland the Brave ’ shouted one of the Germans , loud enough for everyone to turn to look . |