Example sentences of "for one [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CLEARING up after a volcano may sound like a nightmare , but for one man it was a dream come true . |
| 2 | The task of bringing up children is tough for any parent but for one man it 's particularly difficult . |
| 3 | I for one hope they will be . |
| 4 | As for Gazza , I for one hope we do n't buy him . |
| 5 | Today we reveal that Renault has scooped four awards , the single largest haul for one manufacturer we have ever seen . |
| 6 | For one instant I saw you , erect on tiptoe , ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror . |
| 7 | Ah , I would n't of imagine for one second he would want to watch , so it might be better if I buy the video and see |
| 8 | And now that it is 8.58 pm and I have done fifty-eight minutes of work , which I deem to be more than enough for one night I am signing off , because , I 'm lazy . |
| 9 | If she was going to be in the hospital for one night she would need lots of things to read . |
| 10 | ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’ |
| 11 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't believe for one minute I 'd have been the saviour , but I 'd have loved the chance to make a contribution in my country 's hour of need . |
| 13 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 14 | I said , Oh yes , and if you think for one minute I 'm taking pathology forms to your room , I said , you must have had . |
| 15 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 16 | Although the sides of the flysheet moved in high winds I never felt for one minute it would take off . |
| 17 | At first the joys of freedom and release will seem more reliable and beneficial , but in ecstasy there is one of the great potentialities of the transcendent for one day we may reach a state of perpetual ecstasy . |
| 18 | Well , you learned to hold your own in those days , but some , some of them were n't too particular about bathing and what washing you know things like that , but er you got the usual crop of pigeon flies but there was no hooliganism , occasionally when , when it was election time and when Sir Richard was candidate for one year I remember , they came round and the people from Street and round that road they paraded through Caldmore and Palfry and there was a little bit of rough stuff went on there heckling and booing and shouting , but I do n't think any harm done . |
| 19 | For one year he had intensive treatment , with the physiotherapist and speech therapist attending his home three times a week . |
| 20 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 21 | For one person it may be the hard training regimens involved in the exercises . |
| 22 | Well , I think it erm , very , I mean I think as you said Chairman , if erm , there 's a clear majority for one party it 'll unblock a whole lot of delay and decision making which I think is going on and I think that that should be helpful . |
| 23 | If you work regularly for one agency you may want to have your position and experience reviewed from time to time , so that future work you undertake can be constructive and part of bona fide career development . |
| 24 | I mean for one production you may need a wig another production you wo n't . |
| 25 | You know , for one pound she were paying like three quid a week or whatever . |
| 26 | if you go for one week it 's sixty eight pounds |
| 27 | For one thing they 've got better things to do with their time . |
| 28 | For one thing they were a rural party in an urban environment . |
| 29 | For one thing they are impossible to reach now and that is n't the way it has to be , it 's just the way it always is . |
| 30 | For one thing they are not really cultivated , mostly because the trees take a long time to bear fruit and even then are not very prolific . |