Example sentences of "for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The missed cues , the botching of business , the somewhat lumpy prancings of the Tiger Lily troupe counted for nothing beside the chilling authority of Hook and the strutting Peter , unearthly yet real of Mary Deare . |
| 2 | Data from the weather craft are made available for nothing to other governments under international agreements . |
| 3 | But in which other profession are the products of one 's labour given away for nothing to people who then sell them ? |
| 4 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 5 | Er it 's , I can not get to sleep for nothing for it . |
| 6 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 7 | And twenty five pounds worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers for nothing for that . |
| 8 | His gift of tears in prayer would have counted for nothing without this . |
| 9 | He wondered if he should tell her how he hankered for nothing outside their life , of how his cup was full enough . |
| 10 | Price : £108,994 0–60mph : 6.5secs 30–70mph : 6.1secs 30–50 in 4th : 2.4secs Top Speed : 143mph Overall MPG : 15.1 Citation : For putting the fight back into Bentley and creating a form of transport that wants for nothing at all |
| 11 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 12 | And erm I remember I was I was about fifteen now and my young brother was only a little tot about two I think three and I remember my father came in and he did he went straight for my mam for nothing at all . |
| 13 | But there was time now for nothing but actions . |
| 14 | Care needs to be taken to space out fund raising events or it will appear that the school cares for nothing but money . |
| 15 | Trelawney 's promotion to the Bishopric of Winchester in 1707 apparently caused ‘ … great disgust to many ( he ) being considerable for nothing but his birth and his interest in Cornwall ’ . |
| 16 | Born in Plymouth , Devon , to a poor stonemason , also called John and his wife Elizabeth , John Kitto was a sickly lad who cared for nothing but books . |
| 17 | And as long as the Kremlin remains paralysed , British business there will look for nothing but confirmation that things at home are not , perhaps , so bad after all . . |
| 18 | ‘ Sir , surely you do not expect Dinah to spend all her days as a spinster , living for nothing but the stage ? |
| 19 | Fortunately , archaeology breeds rebels who care for nothing but ferreting out the truth . |
| 20 | Most doubters either think they have grace or care for nothing but the day itself . |
| 21 | She would bewitch him , until he had eyes for nothing but her . |
| 22 | I wished for nothing but the absence of pain , and Lili seemed beyond harm : as secure and unassailable as the morning-star . |
| 23 | He 's good for nothing but trouble now . ’ |
| 24 | The Revd Frederick Oakeley [ q.v. ] , later a convert to Rome , a graduate at Christ Church while Smith was dean , thought him ‘ remarkable for nothing but his good nature ’ and ‘ the most irregular and unpunctual attendant ’ at college services ; however , ‘ the moral and religious state of Christ Church … was in a state of progressive improvement ’ under Smith . |
| 25 | A 40MByte drive should be enough for nothing but spreadsheets and a little word processing . |
| 26 | We asked for nothing but a few gestures — |
| 27 | But the moment the military dictatorship resorted to armed aggression against British subjects the radical student protester , who cared for nothing but his ideals and for justice , freedom and equality , unhesitatingly sided with the invaders and began to protest , not against them , but against his own government 's attempts to restore the freedom , democratic rights and civil liberty of those who had lost them ! |
| 28 | And look at her … turning soft with admiration for a man who cared for nothing but his ambition . |
| 29 | A few years earlier the reddish-yellow Sheeted Somerset , which probably became extinct before 1890 , had been described as a mainly polled breed remarkable for nothing except its coat pattern : the belted pattern became popular among those who liked decorative livestock in their parks . |
| 30 | Alter finishing work and her domestic chores she reported feeling " fit for nothing except watching TV with my feet up " . |