Example sentences of "[conj] for [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meeting was arranged for ten o'clock ; in their anxiety , they arrived twenty minutes early , and Ernest suggested that for politeness ' sake they should walk up White Horse Lane and back , to kill time . |
| 2 | Either way , expect to be fêted , fussed and fawned over this month — and for goodness ' sake allow yourself to enjoy it ! |
| 3 | And for goodness ' sake let's get Fiver to come with us . |
| 4 | In the end she suggested that I should just come and listen , and for politeness ' sake I agreed . |
| 5 | I told Michel that was all very well but for goodness ' sake stop taking her to that white port-wine place , the sandwiches there — though delicious — are minute . |