Example sentences of "[adv] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the passing of the Theft Act 1968 the accused could equally well have been prosecuted successfully for obtaining property by deception contrary to section 15 of the Act . |
| 2 | Diana 's father , who already had a reputation locally for organizing splendid fireworks ' displays on Guy Fawkes Night , laid on a wonderful party for her seventh birthday . |
| 3 | The screen is divided vertically into time periods ranging from minutes — for arranging a meeting — to years , presumably for scheduling your life . |
| 4 | Pallister and Bruce getting the better marks ( presumably for handling and tackling from behind respectively ) . |
| 5 | The family claims to pay the production team 300 yuan a year , presumably for maintaining farm infrastructure , and another 250 yuan to the commune , which builds things like roads and schools . |
| 6 | Against another wall there was a shelf , presumably for preparing food , and there was a single cupboard above the shelf . |
| 7 | Presumably for keeping Speed quiet , whilst managing to get forward a couple of times with Rijkaard-like timing . |
| 8 | Worse still , Midgley then booked Hodge , presumably for questioning the leniency of the decision . |
| 9 | But they also want to feel that they can ask for support or advice if they need it without feeling that they are being judged badly for doing so . |
| 10 | So issuers who want to get the most for selling their shares tend to prefer book-building , even though fees are higher . |
| 11 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
| 12 | Chapman came to criticize the league system most for making success the overriding consideration . |
| 13 | Unless the new pitch is going to be pretty hard wearing , prospects for staging Euro 96 , and perhaps more importantly for playing good football over the next couple of seasons , do not look good ! ! |
| 14 | Both China and India were signatories , but only on condition that they received substantial assistance from the West ( both financial and technological ) to ensure that they were not penalized economically for having to use the more expensive alternatives to CFCs . |
| 15 | By and large , information stored in files or computers is used mostly for packaging proposals and rarely for learning or initiating and evaluating alternative courses of action . |
| 16 | The hotel has a strict liability for the property the guest may bring into the hotel ( see Chapter 8 ) and is obliged to accept valuables such as money , jewellery , furs , etc. for safe-keeping . |
| 17 | ‘ Serves him right for pigging out on egg and pickle sandwiches ! ’ |
| 18 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 19 | Serves him right for leaving it open . |
| 20 | Serves him right for sucking up to them — being the Thinking Person 's Tory , and all that , eh ? |
| 21 | Serves him right for biting off more than he could chew … but then , he 's always doing that . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm afraid I lost my temper and said if he 'd fallen foul of the IRA it bloody well served him right for supporting them . ’ |
| 23 | " That sort of thing 's all right for does , but not for us . " |
| 24 | Serve the slags right for beating us at home . |
| 25 | Well , it would serve them right for treating her like a baby . |
| 26 | If the kite turns either way left or right , then increase the pull on the opposite side , right for turning to the right and left for a left turn . |
| 27 | ‘ That serves me right for going out to fetch it fresh . ’ |
| 28 | It 's all right for going out . |
| 29 | It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success . |
| 30 | ‘ Serves you right for overdoing it . ’ |