Example sentences of "for [noun prp] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Bright Yorkshire prospect Adil Ditta scored 58 for Middlesbrough but they too had to fight hard for runs and were into the last over before they achieved their win by a four wicket margin .
2 Abundant evidence suggests that the landlord is a rugby buff his son plays for Waterloo and he also keeps 60 or 70 malt whiskies , on a shelf with the sub-title ‘ Medicine for men . ’
3 He told the jury he could put forward no motive for Bartman or anyone else to want to murder Lady Cross , who had no known enemies .
4 Katherine was waiting for Patrick when he eventually plucked up enough courage to come downstairs .
5 ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard .
6 We deliver parcels , all parcels for Grattans and we also deliver for the Next Directory as well .
7 I have n't a lot of time for Rodney but I really do feel sorry for Eleanor , ’ Melissa went on thoughtfully , remembering the afternoon 's encounter .
8 Despite this , the SGA 1979 does make some attempt to deal with the Scottish dilemma vis à vis non-possessory security interests through the insertion of s61(4) of the 1893 Act ( now s62(4) of the 1979 Act ) , a provision specifically drafted for Scotland but which also applies to England .
9 Bath players of recent years have never appeared as convincing for England as they regularly do for Bath ; while if they are part of one of those curious South-West sides their form goes down yet another notch .
10 He also throws away too many key phrases : ‘ This Triton of the minnows ’ is a magnificent epithet for Sicinius but it here gets lost and although in the great banishment-speech Mr Dance 's body-language is good ( as he hurls his coat to the ground in fine disdain ) it is significant that the directors resort to an echo-chamber effect on ‘ There is a world elsewhere . ’
11 But perhaps the breakdown in the city 's sense of itself is as useful an emblem as any for Europe as it uneasily approaches 1992 .
12 He considered going to the House , or Whitehall , looking for Morton or someone else he-knew .
13 The landlord knew me , for Benjamin and I often lodged there when we came up to town .
14 Well Dorothy got er , some to knit something for Bryony and she actually got too much so if I do run out if I have n't enough to finish this er er vest , T-shirt summer top , whatever it 's called she 'll have some .
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