Example sentences of "and [adj] for [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of two struggling sides , though , made for a game that was too frantic and unimaginative for its own good . |
| 2 | Did I not tell you that I must keep you well and visible for my own protection ? ’ |
| 3 | But melded with the annoyance was a certain satisfaction that the model graduate chief inspector , whom he thought much too clever and ambitious for her own good , had made a grave error . |
| 4 | Since most of the states were members of its western alliance and important for its own economy , this rift was a matter of grave concern to the United States , which saw the abrupt ending of the Maudling negotiations as effectively signifying the ending of the OEEC 's role as the leading West European economic organisation . |
| 5 | Agencies may charge an agency or booking fee , and staff may be self-employed and responsible for their own tax and national insurance contributions . |
| 6 | I have told you , Rain , I was trying to put her somewhere safe and secret for her own safety . |
| 7 | Sexual intercourse can be intensely pleasurable without orgasm ( although the pleasure is heightened by it ) and satisfying for its own sake between suitable partners . |
| 8 | I 've never seen the President of the D T I look so harassed and frightened for his own future . |