Example sentences of "for [indef pn] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing her there , Stephen had to remind himself — for nothing in her bearing hinted at it and no vestige of hand-some looks remained — that she had once been the mistress of Alfred Osborn Tace . |
| 2 | Should I have a job specification for everyone in my team , so if I am asked where is it , I can say here it is , and make sure that they are all signed off . |
| 3 | This month there 's something for everyone in our great hair and beauty give-away ! |
| 4 | For someone in their early thirties , the sexual theme is still dominant ; for someone in their sixties , death is usually a more salient concern ! |
| 5 | For someone in their early thirties , the sexual theme is still dominant ; for someone in their sixties , death is usually a more salient concern ! |
| 6 | Evandrou ( 1990 ) showed that , nationally , the equivalent income of carers ( taking account of family size ) was somewhat lower than for non-carers , but the real drop in income was experienced by those caring for someone in their own household . |
| 7 | There was no doubt that the rewards for someone in her profession were considerable . |
| 8 | One cup of tea and half a custard tart later it dawned on her that she felt a remarkable glow of well-being , for someone in her particular dilemma . |
| 9 | Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition . |
| 10 | ‘ It would certainly seem reasonable for someone in his position to have a fairly large sum to hand , ’ he said . |
| 11 | He has in fact got a job , now his father mentions it , and an astonishingly good one , too , for someone in his first year down from university . |
| 12 | Or is saying ‘ Oh , I 'm so tired ’ , although it is a learnt , and not an involuntary , expression of tiredness , as natural a part of the tiredness-syndrome for someone in our linguistic community as yawning ? |
| 13 | The consequences for someone in your condition can be quite serious . ’ |
| 14 | An Irish education is n't good enough for someone in your position . |
| 15 | What are the tax angles for someone in your position ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 're too cocky for someone in your position ? |
| 17 | He told me that the way I felt was quite normal for someone in my situation ’ |
| 18 | And for someone in my position to make a jump from one thing to another and to be feeling better than I 've felt in ten years , feeling like I 'm at the top of my game creatively at the moment , must mean that I 've grown in the making of this album . |
| 19 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 20 | Hey , come on let's cause , one , level one and two are national curriculum scales for somebody in our school is poor ! |
| 21 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
| 22 | She looked into his eyes , as if searching for something in them ; her white face made the dark , heavy-browed eyes look lost and empty , and after a while he could not look into them anymore , and had to smile and look away . |
| 23 | Poles had fought both for and against Germany , and , partly because their state had not been involved in the war , Poles were ready — unlike the other participants in the war — to fight again , this time for something in which they had a stake . |
| 24 | He put his few clothes in a neat pile on the bed and then looked round for something in which to carry them . |
| 25 | The Hancock Half Hours seemed to be finally at an end and both Ken and his public were ready for something in which ‘ Stop messing about ’ would mean something more than an admonition to an actor to concentrate on his script . |
| 26 | because it 's not the way that er it was designed for it , it was designed for something in which men pressed forward |
| 27 | I was looking for something in my own handwriting . |
| 28 | There was an eager murmur , for something in his voice promised the action they all longed for . |
| 29 | He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind . |
| 30 | And second his promotion of the colonization of the secondary process by primary process in art and in psychoanalysis is also a rejection of the psyche rigidly hierarchized into levels for one in which desire is no longer an underlying ‘ essence ’ . |