Example sentences of "[pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naked , come to Thee for dress ; |
| 2 | Helpless , look to Thee for grace ; |
| 3 | If I worship thee for fear of hell , |
| 4 | You then say that when the hotelier went to wake up everyone for breakfast he had a big surprise , for in one bed was all the kings , in another was all the queens , in another all the aces and in the other all the jacks . |
| 5 | Not only does a tower provide a landmark , alerting everyone for miles around to the presence of the brewery , it also provides the brewery with a trademark , though on the printed version the mill has acquired the adornment of four sales — historically inaccurate but more symmetrical ! |
| 6 | Everyone for miles around lived in terror of them . |
| 7 | Then , with horror , he realised that Johnny knew — had discovered the secret he had managed to keep hidden from everyone for years . |
| 8 | and nothing for Bedlington Disabled |
| 9 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 10 | Another Halket satire : ‘ A dialogue between the Devil and George II ’ , an imaginary , scurrilous discussion which did nothing for King George 's reputation , so incensed his son , Butcher Cumberland , that he offered £100 reward to anyone who would bring him Halket 's body . |
| 11 | We had enough , we had a roof over our heads and we had enough food and things like that , but nothing for luxuries or little extras . |
| 12 | Nothing left at the scene , nothing for Wickham to go on . |
| 13 | Hopefully the form book means nothing for Swindon from here in on . |
| 14 | Bruce Kent , chair of CND , was cheered when he declared his belief that nuclear weapons did nothing for Britain 's security . |
| 15 | Clinging to the US axis might be good for morale but did nothing for Britain 's environmental reputation . |
| 16 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
| 17 | These risks may well be outweighed by the risks of doing nothing for Russia , which is why the G7 has pushed the Fund to do more . |
| 18 | But such a move does nothing for women , or for the concept of the feminine per se : it expands our understanding of what is to be considered authentically male . |
| 19 | While much media attention was given to the recent tax incentives ( made available for workplace nurseries only — introduced in the last budget ( April 1990 ) , it was felt that this means nothing for women in West Belfast or the North of Ireland in general . |
| 20 | There was nothing for women and children and nowhere for women to go . |
| 21 | Unless , of course , you believe John Smith , whose alternative budget said , nothing for pensions but a two hundred and eighty five million for training . |
| 22 | The Board 's policy of completely absorbing all capital costs and charging nothing for income on capital amounts on average to a subsidy of ninety six pounds per resident per week . |
| 23 | I felt , I felt , I never even thought of I mean I I never felt nothing for Rosalind no interest or anything . |
| 24 | Mind you , they could do nothing for Johanna , the love light of Benjamin 's life . |
| 25 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown slammed the ‘ arrogant complacency ’ of Ministers who did nothing for homeowners , the unemployed or small businesses . |
| 26 | There were very few human beings I cared for and I cared nothing for cactuses . |
| 27 | It was an unhappy and tense discussion and can have done absolutely nothing for Geoffrey Howe 's morale as he prepared for the afternoon . |
| 28 | Anglo-Welsh can do nothing for Palatine . |
| 29 | You 'd be doing nothing for hours , kicking your heels on the boundary , then , without any warning , the ball would be skied towards you , and suddenly the outcome of the entire match would rest on your shoulders . |
| 30 | ‘ There 'll be nothing for hours . |