Example sentences of "[indef pn] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the gloss of shareholder perks can be dazzling , remember , you get nothing for nothing . |
| 2 | Nothing for nothing . |
| 3 | Forever shifting ; for , as nothing for nothing , not a fingernail , you just never thought of being without meat on your arse , and how you missed the padding . |
| 4 | ‘ Do not work in a hurry … do nothing for nothing , and see that you get paid for everything . ’ |
| 5 | In this world you get nothing for nothing . ’ |
| 6 | I mean they do n't do nothing for nothing . |
| 7 | Good marketing — buying nothing for something . |
| 8 | Just as the poor could not expect to get something for nothing , so the rich did not expect to get nothing for something . |
| 9 | The cover price is about £5 less , quite often we sell many , many more — but it 's nothing for anybody to get too hysterical about , ’ she adds . |
| 10 | If we do n't make a stand now then all of us in this hall will be a living , breathing testament to the betrayal of all those that have gone before us and we 'll leave nothing for anybody coming in the future . |
| 11 | Thirty thousand pounds is nothing for someone 's life . |
| 12 | There are jobs if you want to be self-employed or work for commission but there 's nothing for someone like me |
| 13 | For him to die of pneumonia was really a terrible waste and I think David harboured a little … you ca n't blame someone for something like a person dying tragically with pneumonia , but I think he felt his mother should have watched over him more carefully , but I suppose that 's like saying the cat got drowned , why was the puddle there ? |
| 14 | ‘ There 's plenty for everyone . ’ |
| 15 | IN THE words of Jimmy Airlie , a fiery Scotsman and a senior union negotiator at Ford , ‘ you do n't get owt for nowt ’ . |
| 16 | In Yorkshire , we have an expression , ’ You do n't get owt for nowt . ’ |
| 17 | No-one 's asking for owt for nowt , I 'd be happy to work instead of getting benefits . |
| 18 | Oh but I said , oh owt for nowt nowadays Lianne . |
| 19 | ‘ We just went in and did everything for everybody . |
| 20 | Except , that , except that of course I was doing everything for everybody . |
| 21 | I mean they ca n't , they ca n't possibly do everything for everybody at the right time I mean |
| 22 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
| 23 | She 'd say , stand your ground , do n't , you know , sort of like , then she goes round to everybody else , trying to get everything for nothing . |
| 24 | This popular corner of Spain has something of everything for everyone . |
| 25 | Benidorm has something of everything for everyone . |
| 26 | But the dentist supplied her with a religion for a while : the religion of giving up everything for someone else . |
| 27 | This does indeed seem like getting something for nothing , but is it really ? |
| 28 | Trying to get something for nothing . |
| 29 | Trying to get something for nothing . |
| 30 | In such circumstances , the new engineering which could apparently transform wetland wastes into sources of valuable crops to be sold to a growing population , must have seemed like something for nothing , and therefore irresistible . |