Example sentences of "[indef pn] for [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 Fundamentalists execrate someone for writing a book that they have n't read , and a famous novelist has to go into hiding for fear of his life .
2 This is probably a good omen , as our fourth stop was to sup a pint each at The Blind Beggar , the infamous public house where Reggie Kray shot someone for making a homophobic comment .
3 I have never been one for spending a fortune on equipment , so a dream tank was not something that had ever really passed through my mind .
4 Previous convictions : one for possessing a controlled drug , fined .
5 Her sphere is not just a physical one for lighting a fire and tending the name have emotional and spiritual connotations , too .
6 I 'm a great one for putting a bit of cerulean blue in my green areas , but other painters add other colours , like red .
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