Example sentences of "[pron] for [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I worship thee for thyself alone , |
| 2 | Willy voiced the philosophy he had learned by experience — it was everyone for himself ; if you did n't take what you wanted , no one was likely to give it to you . |
| 3 | Even those who demand equality for others but nothing for themselves are not necessarily motivated by pure altruism and disinterestedness , as the following clinical example shows : |
| 4 | I want so much for you , and you want nothing for yourselves . ’ |
| 5 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 6 | He made nothing for himself out of the plunder of the Church lands . |
| 7 | A MOTHER of four who could afford only one present for each of her children and nothing for herself has won £660,000 . |
| 8 | The life which demands nothing for itself , |
| 9 | But in the end the Turkish captain decided to keep me for himself , and took me home with him . |
| 10 | ‘ Stanislaus loves me for myself alone , ’ Babs whined . |
| 11 | Until you see them for yourself , in fact , it 's difficult to conceive just how magnificent they really are . |
| 12 | Have a go at them for yourself ; then check your answers with those on page 29 . |
| 13 | Read them for yourself and decide who is right . |
| 14 | You could see them for yourself , past the next bit of wood . |
| 15 | In the end , he adopted the role of ‘ cockney writer ’ , a role which was genuine , and which showed the boys that Corrigan was interested in them for themselves . |
| 16 | In other words , the fact that we get most of our true beliefs from other people , whom we believe are better placed than we are to get them for themselves , is just a special case of the division of labour : namely , of epistemic labour , the labour of acquiring knowledge . |
| 17 | Whereby erm we do n't end up actually doing the things for them , but we show them the way that they can do them for themselves . |
| 18 | Carolingian rulers did n't just receive them as a given : rather , they created , recreated , shaped them for themselves . |
| 19 | They 'd keep them for themselves . |
| 20 | Although he believed thoroughly in the ability of these products to fill out the tiny character lines around the eyes and mouth , and to smooth his neck , he did not want to admit he was buying them for himself . |
| 21 | Later , if he was not offered those conditions , he created them for himself . |
| 22 | My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself . |
| 23 | Having heard the stories , the author decided to investigate them for himself together with a friend . |
| 24 | In 1913 he came under pressure in the Commons for his failure to promote an air force ; Samuel Hoare demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the government 's policy by visiting the air bases to see them for himself . |
| 25 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 26 | How often he acquires them for himself , how often through another , is pure speculation . |
| 27 | These fast-changing times should cause all of us to reflect on the lives we are leading and how we can better them for ourselves and those around us . |
| 28 | We get them from other people by communication ; and we get them for ourselves by thinking , or by observation , or both . |
| 29 | The numbers are unbelievable until we see them for ourselves . |
| 30 | ‘ To witch a mother 's face as they 're read back to her , even though she 's read them for herself … the parent I was sitting with was shaking her head and crying . |