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

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1 I " fackins I commend thee for that !
2 Oh Lord who to see that all the world , we thank thee for those who fought and those who laid down their lives in the cause of righteousness and freedom .
3 That is a great credit to the improved quality of our service , and to the commitment of all our staff , and I pay tribute to everyone for that .
4 Aircraft have transponder systems which locate the aircraft exactly so that everyone for several miles around knows where the aircraft is .
5 The other point on that is that the draft matters for the E I P including matter two D have been known to everyone for some considerable time .
6 The D O E objection has been known to everyone for some considerable time and their statement is quite explicit in what it says in relation to the matter of one D.
7 In any case it was Shirley who had typed the card and she was in a higher or lower world that cared nothing for such trivia .
8 DESPAIRING factory owner Michael Whitehead looked back on 18 years of ‘ bloody hard work ’ last night and said : ‘ I 've got nothing for all my graft . ’
9 " I can do nothing for that boy . "
10 And twenty five pounds worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers for nothing for that .
11 You do n't get nothing for that .
12 And nobody 's gon na give me nothing for that are they ?
13 Julia felt nothing for that child , she did n't like her , she did n't hate her , I mean she , she did n't she just felt nothing cos that 's precisely what she told me , that 's her words , not mine , you know and I find then , that , she should n't be a childminder
14 In despair , I did nothing for another week .
15 And by now it was all or nothing for both teams …
16 But , I thought that now that the M S has acquired that bus and it 's going to be standing around doing nothing for most of the time and it 's a twenty nine seater bus .
17 well it is n't even a priority , it 's nothing , they wo n't get the money , th they wo n't pay for walk to go swimming but I thought that now that the has acquired that bus and it 's gon na be standing around doing nothing for most of the time and it 's a twenty nine seater bus .
18 When he had finished , she said nothing for more than a minute , but continued to stare at him , as if still seeking the assurance she had hoped his account would supply .
19 The widespread promotion of such asset liberating schemes would , of course , do nothing for those without a house to sell or realize the capital value of .
20 The Liberal Democrat spokesman on trade , industry and employment , Malcolm Bruce , attacked the Chancellor 's statement as a Budget of despair and disappointment which provided a little relief for the unemployed and nothing for those attempting to counter the effects of the recession .
21 David Damiani said nothing for several seconds after finishing his narrative but he opened up a battered suitcase and produced from it his old pale brown British Palestine passport and opened the document on page six .
22 Once home — and although she had eaten nothing for several hours — Annette found that she could not face the thought of a meal , even though her husband offered to prepare one for her .
23 ‘ I can do nothing for these engines here , in this storm !
24 Whatever else such a strategy may achieve , it certainly does not manage to produce a situation in which children are politically indistinguishable from adults and it rests on premises which , unless they can be defended , gain nothing for any defence to the charge of arbitrariness .
25 The deference of his courtiers did nothing for this — that was a piece from a different jigsaw puzzle he had already solved .
26 I think it 's important to understand that all my work is about demystification — both of the self and of the medical and family discourses which defined me for much of my life .
27 My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water .
28 Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market .
29 ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch .
30 Been with me for many years .
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