Example sentences of "[adv] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitterrand , however , said that France would remain outside the alliance 's military structure , noting that this policy had worked successfully for his country for a quarter of a century . |
| 2 | Behind Rayne stood his two servants , Ant and Monkey , as thin as their master was fat ; their job was to deliver the food to those who bid successfully for it . |
| 3 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 4 | The business did very well with the two lads greatly appreciated locally for their hard work and quality of service . |
| 5 | The Kendler has a well deserved reputation locally for its food . |
| 6 | Kirchberg is well known locally for its band and throughout the season they stage many concerts ranging from the serene to good old thigh slapping and yodelling nights out . |
| 7 | For years the Post has enjoyed a high reputation locally for its excellent food and service , and the addition of a luxurious wing , means that a matching standard of accommodation is now offered . |
| 8 | Spilsby is well known locally for its Theatre which regularly puts on performances to provide musical and dramatic culture in this rural township so inaccessibly far from the big city footlights . |
| 9 | The Fordington end of town was notorious locally for its slums and rough characters . |
| 10 | Allison described unemployment as ‘ the problem of the most pressing importance ’ , and declared that the Labour Party had a duty to ‘ do all that is humanly possible to find work locally for our unemployed fellow citizens ’ ( Election leaflet 1921 ) . |
| 11 | " I bought Grace myself while he was away , with just about all the money we 'd got left , to have somewhere for me and the girls . " |
| 12 | Can you just put that orangejuice somewhere for me please . |
| 13 | He searched around for somewhere for them to ride out and try cross-country in earnest , and came up with some tatty farms off the arterial which were within riding distance . |
| 14 | They had sent a telegram to Louise ( Constance could not pluck up the courage to speak to her ) ; Ludovico had telephoned a friend about somewhere for them to stay and they had eaten what to Constance , used to English food , seemed the most delicious lunch she had ever tasted . |
| 15 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 16 | ‘ There must be somewhere for us to meet in , ’ said Susan . |
| 17 | In September my father set off for Fontanellato to find somewhere for us to live , just as the teacher from the South had done . |
| 18 | I only want him to say that I 've done well in finding somewhere for us to be ! " |
| 19 | ‘ Olga will try and find a room somewhere for you . ’ |
| 20 | Well we 've got a handset somewhere for it . |
| 21 | ‘ Surely there must be a job somewhere for someone with his ability . ’ |
| 22 | To get somewhere for my caddying I felt I had to travel , and I left home for my first tournament in 1951 at St Andrews for the Amateur Championship . |
| 23 | Her husband had been serving in the British Merchant Navy on the Russian Convoy run but after 1943 he was receiving psychiatric treatment in Shropshire somewhere for his nerves . |
| 24 | Sunnie Mann : Nov 30 , aged 79 : Wife of Beirut hostage Jackie Mann who campaigned relentlessly for his release . |
| 25 | Incredibly for him , he took 81 with two sevens . |
| 26 | For , as Emlyn Hooson described Meirion , ‘ he was a whole hogger — either wholly for you or wholly against you . ’ |
| 27 | Mynne was also charged with waste of timber in Carmarthenshire , presumably for his lesser ironworks in the neighbouring county of Pembroke . |
| 28 | Although he was pardoned by the King and sent into exile ( presumably for his own protection ) , there were riots against him after his release from the Tower , and when he sailed from England he was intercepted and murdered on 2 May . |
| 29 | After the price wars of the late 1970s , when many supermarkets were still conspicuous mostly for their general ugliness and grubbiness , the big chains decided to invest their way out of trouble . |
| 30 | ‘ Very useful for you , ’ Nutty said , knowing how Jazz got ragged , mostly for his turban . |