Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And thank you everyone for the lovely presents for our new home . |
| 2 | " Everyone for the gentleman 's photograph , " he shouted , lining the elderly people against the side of the bus . |
| 3 | Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March . |
| 4 | The defendants , some of them very young , belonged to a small left-wing group known as Everyone for the Motherland Movement ( Movimiento Todos por la Patria — MTP ) ; at the time 13 of them were arrested inside the barracks and five nearby , while two , including a priest , surrendered later . |
| 5 | June had asked Hilda Lodge to thank everyone for the lovely flowers sent to her during her recent stay in hospital . |
| 6 | Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party . |
| 7 | On her retiral she commented , ‘ I 've enjoyed many rewarding moments through the years and I 'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful send off and beautiful gifts . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No — nothing for a day or two . ’ |
| 9 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 11 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 12 | Is it only two weeks since that bleak morning when I had nothing for a future and everything seemed too late , when I dragged myself about the house , alone and miserable and weighed down by self-pity ? |
| 13 | Even so , I have noticed that the feeding pattern still follows the usual course in that you catch barbel for a spell ( maybe only one or two fish ) then nothing for a spell , and so on . |
| 14 | ‘ Sophie said nothing for a minute and then she said : ‘ On a plane to see Lizzie ’ . ’ |
| 15 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |
| 16 | I said nothing for a few seconds . |
| 17 | Stone said nothing for a moment , staring at the CI5 man , perhaps still not sure of whether or not he was doing the right thing . |
| 18 | After that she said nothing for a while , only sat watching me in a broody way . |
| 19 | He said nothing for a minute . |
| 20 | ‘ User Friendly did absolutely nothing for a week after the St Leger and got so full of herself that we nearly had to tie her down , ’ smiled Clive . |
| 21 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 22 | He said nothing for a time . |
| 23 | And then nothing for a few moments , until his voice came again and he lifted himself from her . |
| 24 | Mr Brownlow said nothing for a few seconds , but simply stared at Rose . |
| 25 | In English , it has been shown that an unmarked theme is one that signals the mood of the clause : in declarative clauses the unmarked theme is the subject ( Jane said nothing for a moment ) ; in interrogative clauses it is the wh-word ( What did Jane say ? ) , or the auxiliary in the case of polar questions ( Did Jane say anything ? ) ; in imperative clauses it is the verb ( Say something ) . |
| 26 | Wayne said nothing for a while , and Pete allowed his attention to wander down the inventory list ; his eyebrows raised at the mention of a waterbed , a hi-fi system and a video hookup in the after stateroom . |
| 27 | ‘ Penny for them , ’ said Adam , when they were halfway through the meal and she had said nothing for a while . |
| 28 | She said nothing for a while . |
| 29 | When he finished , the DDI sat back and said nothing for a while , just digested it . |
| 30 | They said nothing for a while ; she controlling her emotions while he gathered his strength . |