Example sentences of "a [adj] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't give a damn for your envy . |
| 2 | He followed me , almost in tears himself , and said that he did n't give a damn for his bloody socks . |
| 3 | It was n't as if she even liked this man enough to care a damn for his opinion of her ! |
| 4 | Choice of equipment is vital and it is better for a beginner not to buy his clubs before going to a professional for his lessons . |
| 5 | Jan Carlzon hailed as a visionary for his turnaround at SAS airlines , has spent his entire career ( beginning in 1968 ) in the travel business , since 1978 in the airline industry . |
| 6 | Firm A has already been presented as a dependent for its now of business on maintaining a reputation with its largely immigrant clients . |
| 7 | But every country gives a different for their military spending . |
| 8 | Storing up a ticking-off for her sister , Leonora managed a rather stiff smile to hide the joy bubbling inside her . |
| 9 | I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays . |
| 10 | Also extremely useful is a pathway back into the operating system so you can copy a file onto a floppy for your colleague without having to unload everything . |
| 11 | And no Department will prepare a brief for its Minister on anything outside the departmental purview . |
| 12 | ‘ I never did hold much of a brief for your father , but it seems as if your mother was n't much better ! ’ he said , his voice making clear how lacking in sympathy he found her family . |
| 13 | Okay , right what we are going to er do now is create a constant , we 'll need a constant for our regressions so if you type the letter Q to come out of the data processing environment right type the letter Q right and then go into the er constant creation menu , which is option one of the data processing menu right , you 'll , you 'll be asked for a name for if you like call it C or constant or Fred Bloggs , just supply a name to your constant term . |
| 14 | His every feast is also a fast for his senses . ’ |
| 15 | state in the book policy er stable is n't an a stability is rural to the future generations , thank er thank relevant to the suit of each and I really do n't think they would erm thank us for bringing about a demeaning for our premier , international premier this road . |