Example sentences of "[adv] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During several visits to the vessel , information was gleaned from USN crew members that all Spitfires on board the first sailing had taken-off successfully for Malta which was , at the time , being systematically bombed by a ruthless enemy . |
| 2 | ‘ I simply meant somewhere for Jennifer to go on a regular basis for short periods of time simply to give you both a rest . |
| 3 | This is not an option for having more of an emotional than an intellectual life , but of being wholly for God . |
| 4 | She wanted to make the cottage festive , mostly for Daniel . |
| 5 | He said : ’ It is designed mostly for London and turns reality on its head because it is dealing with late trains . |
| 6 | EVERYTHING was going so swimmingly for Johnny Bryan . |
| 7 | It is enough for her to know that things are going badly for Mrs Thatcher and the Tory party ; the details of the Westland affair do not engage her interest . |
| 8 | After 1360 and more particularly in the 1370s the war went badly for England . |
| 9 | It should be stressed that even when the war was going badly for England , the partnership secured profits , which remained in England , even although the gains ultimately passed to other hands than those of the partners . |
| 10 | At the outset he seems to have been on congenial terms with Palmerston , but their relationship went sour during Hall 's two-and-a-half years at the Office of Works : and almost from the date of Hall 's appointment , events started to go badly for Pennethorne . |
| 11 | if the war was going badly for NATO , and the USSR was already using nuclear weapons , the West would turn to the cruise missiles to strike back at the Warsaw Pact . |
| 12 | On 5 January 1201 Philip , the notary , and Cardinal Guido were sent : they had gone before Egidius returned with the news that things were going very badly for Otto . |
| 13 | When she had finished , she did not even read it through , but thrust it into an envelope , rang furiously for Lyddy and demanded that the letter be taken at once to Trelorne . |
| 14 | Battling Barbara yearned secretly for George to lose . |
| 15 | I feel a certain sympathy for their wallflower purity , none for their legislators ' regard for the morals of others , and most for Mapplethorpe 's prophylaxis . |
| 16 | As late as 1950 , 10 per cent of a nation-wide opinion survey sample in West Germany regarded Hitler as the statesman who had achieved most for Germany — second only to Bismarck . |
| 17 | The busy McCabe was Ballymena 's best player , Smith and Stewart the two who stood out most for Portadown . |
| 18 | My heart bleeds for the whole misunderstanding but it bleeds most for Diana . ’ |
| 19 | Most importantly for Lear , lithography cut out the need for , and the expense of , the middlemen or professional draughtsmen , who all too often destroyed the artistry of a drawing by their clinical interpretation . |
| 20 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend always speaks out powerfully for Basildon : he has done so for the past eight years , and I have no doubt that he will do so for the next eight . |
| 22 | The Dnestr region was important economically for Moldova , as the source of much of its energy supplies [ see p. 38417 ] . |
| 23 | Additionally for Wilde , perverse desire is not only an agency of displacement , it is partly constituted by that displacement and the transgressive aesthetic which informs it . |
| 24 | Pickford 's flyboats , however , dourly continued on their way to Leicester , where they arrived next day , returning thence for London the same evening . ’ |
| 25 | The rest of the day went very slowly for Anne . |
| 26 | It was the left-hander 's eighth century , in his 29th Test , and at 382 minutes ( nine fours ) is the slowest-ever for Australia : he was out to the first-delivery with the new ball , which was taken 16 overs after it became due . |
| 27 | Also I have read adverts where companies do scratchplates and bridges , necks etc. for Telecasters . |
| 28 | Paul Spencer , now playing professionally for Village Prestwich , beat Colin Hamilton ( Victoria Club ) 3-1 in the final of the under-19 tournament . |
| 29 | It 's an unimaginative , misogynistic rehash of Body Heat , with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger substituting inadequately for William Hurt and Kathleen Turner . |
| 30 | Then , she shared the prize for a novel , Wmffra , but this year wins outright for Tisio Tshipsan ? a novel aimed at the 9–12 age group , published at £2.50 by Gwasg Gomer . |