Example sentences of "[pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 And thank you everyone for the lovely presents for our new home .
2 " Everyone for the gentleman 's photograph , " he shouted , lining the elderly people against the side of the bus .
3 Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March .
4 The defendants , some of them very young , belonged to a small left-wing group known as Everyone for the Motherland Movement ( Movimiento Todos por la Patria — MTP ) ; at the time 13 of them were arrested inside the barracks and five nearby , while two , including a priest , surrendered later .
5 June had asked Hilda Lodge to thank everyone for the lovely flowers sent to her during her recent stay in hospital .
6 Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party .
7 On her retiral she commented , ‘ I 've enjoyed many rewarding moments through the years and I 'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful send off and beautiful gifts . ’
8 But it did nothing for the glass .
9 But game did nothing for the glass , as I had hoped .
10 For inexperienced pilots flying in light winds , a good general rule is to allow a maximum of 3 miles ' glide per 1,000 feet with nothing for the last 1,000 feet .
11 ‘ There are tons of leaflets for offenders , but nothing for the witness or the ordinary member of the public , ’ says Ms Reeves .
12 Both thorns are tolerant of pollution and are tough enough to grow in open , exposed seaside sites regularly raked over by salt-laden winds , although these of course will do nothing for the autumn display .
13 The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club .
14 The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club .
15 Historically there seems to be no doubt that the English Common Law required nothing for the celebration of a marriage beyond the declared agreement of the parties , which might take the form either of a declaration of present intention , or of a promise to marry followed by actual union .
16 It would be better than nothing for the pheasants .
17 So a £4 billion industry can use the product of a £250m one and need pay nothing for the privilege .
18 Everything would be done for party interests — and nothing for the nation .
19 His production of Mrs Warren 's Profession for the National Theatre in 1971 steered cunningly clear of melodrama ; his Much Ado About Nothing for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1971 featured white parasols and sun-dappled lawns that seemed to evoke the world of Turgenev .
20 Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being .
21 It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water .
22 In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process .
23 ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment .
24 Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’
25 But , up until now , they have offered nothing for the budget or ‘ entry level ’ guitar market .
26 He had built it out of practically nothing for the local amateur dramatic society and it had sat resplendently on the stage like something fetched straight from the nearest wood , so real , yet with touches of the bizarre , so brown , so greyish , so admired , so solid .
27 ‘ You 'll say nothing for the moment , ’ said Miss Thorne .
28 A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad .
29 A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad .
30 Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government .
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