Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One comes across a man who resigned his post because of the grief occasioned by the death of a son ; or another who , from disappointed expectations , turned to drugs and thereby unfitted himself for the offices he coveted . |
| 2 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 3 | The latter approach was the proper one for the law to adopt . |
| 4 | In deciding whether the case is a proper one for service out of the jurisdiction , one of the circumstances the court will take into account is the strength or weakness of the plaintiff 's claim in the proceedings . |
| 5 | well I read the free one for the week and that was it |
| 6 | Oh no , you get a free one for introducing people , so this |
| 7 | In general terms it is best , but not essential , to choose one typeface for the main text and a different one for headings . |
| 8 | you only got two carpets to sort out and a bit of lino rather than having a different one with this one and a different one for that one and then a different one for |
| 9 | you only got two carpets to sort out and a bit of lino rather than having a different one with this one and a different one for that one and then a different one for |
| 10 | However , two further characteristics made this group a particularly interesting one for the study of the labour market experiences of older male workers in a period of high unemployment and rapid economic and social change . |
| 11 | First , we can question whether the concept is an adequate one for distinguishing poetry from non-poetry . |
| 12 | I see it rather as an actor 's bag of tricks , and not a very apposite one for the role . |
| 13 | Garrett 's decision to set up in the business of metal detector manufacture was a brave one for there were in his immediate locale several rival ‘ cottage industries ’ vying to capture a share of the young and burgeoning market . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's this one for , anyway ? ’ |
| 15 | He decided to leave this one for the moment but logged the fact that Jennifer Morgan had still been interested in , and comfortable with , the man who had become her sister 's fiancé . |
| 16 | I still have a few copies and am sending this one for you to see . |
| 17 | Mary took the five pound salmon from her bag , wrapped in newspaper , ‘ in which case , ’ she continued , ‘ Yanto said you could have this one for a pound , and it 's worth a least two pounds ten , as you know . |
| 18 | You 'll be playing this one for ages and ages . |
| 19 | Do this one for me ! |
| 20 | I devised this one for a sewing box with a 50mm deep lid . |
| 21 | If so , try this one for size : |
| 22 | A typical creative brief , written to this type of format , is this one for Scholl : |
| 23 | She got one for crying and you can have this one for not crying . ’ |
| 24 | I puzzled over this one for some time and came to the conclusion that my children 's concept of life is largely derived from fairy stories in which anybody with power is always male . |
| 25 | Get moving with this one for me . |
| 26 | ‘ Win this one for Athene , ’ Nina said . |
| 27 | And we 've got this one for wattage , what 's the wattage ? |
| 28 | There have n't been a lot of track and field games around like this one for years , ever since the barrage of Daley Thompson finger aching games . |
| 29 | When Derek Davy and I were trying to solve this one for a book which eventually appeared as Advanced Conversational English , it proved to be an expensive and time-consuming , but eminently worthwhile task . |
| 30 | Mother always liked this one for the dining room because she was afraid that the needles of the real one would get into the food . |