Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a hiding for thee when th'gets back from th'gallivanting ! ’ |
| 2 | But I do believe that women experience another , relentless denial of their powers , which begins as soon as they can speak , if not before , and makes the act of writing for them primarily an act of rebellion . |
| 3 | In 1988 , more than 14,000 arrived in Hong Kong but there were few offers of permanent resettlement for them elsewhere . |
| 4 | Other children reach out for them nervously , only to have their hand lightly slapped by their mother . |
| 5 | Nor do they take lightly his abuse of Mitbestimmung , the hallowed German practice of giving workers a voice in public companies by setting aside for them nearly half the seats on supervisory boards . |
| 6 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 7 | The ideal tactics should be a mixture of both , but only if a clear message can be communicated to the Hong Kong people that someone is standing up for them somewhere . |
| 8 | If you 'll stand in the I D parade for them tonight at seven o'clock they 'll give you ten pounds . |
| 9 | Shrewsbury by the way are a third division team , they 're about eighth or ninth in the table so er a great chance for them tonight to cause a major upset . |
| 10 | One of the things that was popular was that the smaller things like rabbit clubs when people could then get food for them officially if they did that . |
| 11 | Format Many public libraries now spend large sums on paperbacks , and budget for them separately . |
| 12 | He secretly worked out that they fitted together and then successfully bid for them separately . |
| 13 | However , Richard Baxter was laid low with illness and could n't go , so he wrote this book for them instead . |
| 14 | Yeah I 'd leave some for them instead of a tree . |
| 15 | It may also bring security and improvement in their lifestyle , if they or their family have n't been able to care for them properly . |
| 16 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that one way of improving the representation of women in the higher reaches of the civil service still further would be to make matters easier for them lower down the ladder ? |
| 17 | There 's hope for them yet . |
| 18 | ‘ If that 's the Press , ’ SOCO called out to the PC guarding the door , ‘ I 'm not ready for them yet … ’ |
| 19 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
| 20 | She was already getting fed up with the hospital , and could n't wait to take her twin boys back to the large nursery waiting for them upstairs in the medieval castle that was now the family home . |
| 21 | B team manager Derek Quinnell said : ‘ We are certainly competition for them again , which we were n't a year ago . ’ |
| 22 | All right , so I 've got a bottle of Scotch which costs about 50 quid and if the studio does n't pay for it I 'll never work for them again , and a big pile of this flimsy hotel notepaper . |
| 23 | It was good enough for them in the old days , and it will be good enough for them again , especially with THE woman out of the way . |
| 24 | In the premier league it 's West Ham against Swindon at Upton Park … last season of course they faced each other in the first division … in London Town came out on top and it was this win that sparked their promotion run … so let's hope it 's lucky for them again |
| 25 | Whiston-born Howard , 24 , said : ‘ I 've told Widnes I want a move and wo n't play for them again . |
| 26 | Sheringham 's Spurs future must now be in doubt , though he refused to say he would never play for them again . |
| 27 | it 's just , this lot have voted for them again , I 'm going what are the red ones ? |
| 28 | It 's not beyond the wit of the Tories to move in European people into the country , into this country in certain seats from the right in Europe to make sure those seats are won for them again , and I think it 's an extremely dangerous precedent to allow European voting if you 're not , if you 're just resident within Britain rather than a citizen . |
| 29 | Yeah , well I 'd feel sorry for them again , but you know , if they went and did it willingly , it 's their , that 's their problem . |
| 30 | They have every right to be different — it 's very presumptuous of us to invent personalities for them simply because we 've seen them act on a cinema screen , but it can still be a shock when they 're not as you 'd hoped . |