Example sentences of "[pron] for the [det] " in BNC.

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1 We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in .
2 James Boswell , for example , often used them for the former , even occasionally , apparently , for the latter ; but never it seems with his wife .
3 I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself .
4 I would be glad to exchange them for the same face value as the increasingly worthless and derisory folding stuff .
5 Many people , both men and women , take up kung fu , not all of them for the same reasons .
6 All languages have systems but they do not all use them for the same purposes ; what is an essential distinction in one language may be quite disregarded in another .
7 The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk .
8 Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute .
9 Cheers ( Channel 4 ) CHEERS and thank you for the many memories .
10 I 'll deliver when you for the half an hour when you come back .
11 You can adopt an ant for £20 — which some people may consider a little extreme , considering a scorpion will sting you for the same amount .
12 You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one .
13 Now the eight twelves are killing you for the same reason . ’
14 ‘ I have forgiven you for the same ! ’
15 I found a piece of blue-grey silk for the background , to tone in with the recipient 's decor , and selected the wooden frame and the gold tones in the picture itself for the same reason .
16 There are four interviews and reported comments with supporters of the latter and none whatsoever for the former .
17 I forgave him for the many occasions on which he had unthinkingly made me feel mentally subnormal .
18 John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same .
19 John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same .
20 Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her .
21 ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA .
22 can spoil it for the many .
23 That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose .
24 I support the intention of the Bill and its important deterrent aspects , and I shall support it for the same reason as the hon. Member for Oxford , East , but I must confess that I do so with some reluctance at this stage .
25 It would be a mistake to assume that all participants in the revolt were involved in it for the same reasons .
26 undermined by those who see them as an alternative channel for immigration , the many spoiling it for the few yet again .
27 The many spoiling it for the few yet again .
28 a a better property for about forty four thousand or whatever for the same money .
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