Example sentences of "to [indef pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will give me next to nothing for valuable objects . |
| 2 | ‘ We managed to sell it as a going concern , but got next to nothing for it and had to take a massive write-off . |
| 3 | The most usual way for a musician to do business in Jamaica was through a producer , who would pay the musician a nominal sum for his work and then make his own deals with record companies : a system which traditionally guaranteed disproportionately generous returns for the producer , and next to nothing for the musician . |
| 4 | At other times he suffers periods of deep depression when he locks himself away and will speak to no-one for weeks . |
| 5 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
| 6 | That is a great credit to the improved quality of our service , and to the commitment of all our staff , and I pay tribute to everyone for that . |
| 7 | The other point on that is that the draft matters for the E I P including matter two D have been known to everyone for some considerable time . |
| 8 | The D O E objection has been known to everyone for some considerable time and their statement is quite explicit in what it says in relation to the matter of one D. |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This again indicated whose who lived unconditionally on their own resources and distinguished them from men beholden to someone for their livelihood . |
| 11 | Lewis knew very well he should not do this , that he was sucking up to someone for the sake of inheriting his property . |
| 12 | If we define accountability as ‘ being answerable ’ to someone for our actions , then to whom are we answerable ? |
| 13 | When it is finished show it to someone for comment ; the results can be surprising . |
| 14 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 15 | This means that the framework for any activity is itself communicative i.e. that there is something to be communicated to someone for some purpose . |
| 16 | Why not make a chimney of your own , fill it with sweets and give it to someone for Christmas ? |
| 17 | On the other hand , if you 're married to somebody for forty years and they get fat , you do n't just divorce them because they get fat . |
| 18 | It was with a slight shock of coming back to reality that she remembered her resolution to visit Miss Grimes on her way home that evening , as part of her contribution to Christmas goodwill , a sort of ‘ good turn ’ done to somebody for whom one felt no affection . |
| 19 | Why do n't you give them to somebody for a present ? |
| 20 | If you give that to somebody for a present , it looks a lot dun n it ? |
| 21 | but really I 've got to talk to somebody , I 've got to talk to somebody for their |
| 22 | From the start of the year until 20 October there were thirty major railway crashes in contrast to none for all of 1913 . |
| 23 | Musgrave Park is the regional centre for orthopaedic surgery and has a reputation second to none for its geriatric work . |
| 24 | Well erm I 've just come off holiday and so I wo n't be entitled to none for the first four days . |
| 25 | An and find out as much as possible an and then erm try and get on to something for the year after . |
| 26 | Cases of underlexicalisation are clear when a non-specific noun ( such as log ) is used to refer to something for which a specific word exists in English . |
| 27 | Sir Hector Laing is chairman of United Biscuits ( Holdings ) plc , a company capitalised at £1.4 bn that employs thirty thousand people and produces five billion food packets every year — the equivalent to one for every person on earth . |
| 28 | A poster for Durex next to one for Billy Graham ? |
| 29 | It had provided the money , and had earmarked it : the local Assembly could not have changed the plans to one for a new school or slaughterhouse . |
| 30 | Or perhaps you wanted to hold on to one for sentimental reasons ? ’ |