Example sentences of "[conj] for [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And he 'll tell you that each of us would-be Marines is one in a million — one in a billion — except for he who sets himself above the rest of his brothers ; and that one is less . ’ |
| 2 | Except that for her it was n't lust at all . |
| 3 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 4 | It is is n't it ? it seems ironic that for me it seemed such a big thing , in case you still need it clear I was William 's nephew . |
| 5 | Faced with this united German front , Napoleon III realized that for him nothing of substance was likely to emerge from the meeting and so he turned it into an exercise in public relations . |
| 6 | Old servants of the railway company came into the signal-box from which the broadcast was given and spoke of the closing of the station as if for them it was the end of a world . |
| 7 | I said and that 's if for me I said parting company if we go to dinner we stay together ! |
| 8 | And for me I want to start here , thank you . |
| 9 | This was a brilliant performance , and for me it brought back nostalgic memories of Windrush , and the summer days of 1940 . |
| 10 | ‘ That , and for me it 's just much easier to think on the piano because there is only one version of each note . |
| 11 | For drama and excitement the Ryder Cup proved once again that it is the ultimate golfing event , and for me it was a privilege to witness the finest players in the world performing under the most intense pressure . |
| 12 | For me , nothing in War and Peace is as valuable as the boat-cutting-out expeditions of Marryat and for me he remains the greatest of English novelists . |
| 13 | Belov had studied her and contrived her release … and for him it had ended with his body face-down in the icy waters of the Neva . |
| 14 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 15 | ‘ And for them it was exotic . |
| 16 | By that age , 51% have been promoted out of clerical work and for them it is merely a stepping-stone to a higher status non-manual job . |
| 17 | Nobody else in this dive has any money , and for them it will he a long cold evening . |
| 18 | He says most of the lads that were out there were in their late teens , early 20 's and for them it was an adventure to go out to the tropics — then when you realise what it was about — well it 's marked us for life there 's no two ways about it . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's because they were intelligent , ’ she said , and for her there was no greater virtue than intelligence . |
| 20 | Rhys 's five-year-old sister Charly also has the condition and for her it is too late . |
| 21 | Rhys 's five-year-old sister Charly also has the condition and for her it is too late . |
| 22 | I broke out my bow chaser and for her I bore , |
| 23 | It was his conception , his baby , and for it he would tolerate most things , including his suspicion of Trotskyism — whether of the IMG or IS variety — and of what he may have seen as Rowbotham 's ‘ hippy sentimentality ’ . |
| 24 | But for me everything was now gradually working out , slowly . |
| 25 | I did n't enjoy it , but for me there was one advantage : there were no regular meals , and so no one noticed how much or how little anyone else ate . |
| 26 | But for me there were still many problems to be overcome , and — to cut a long story short — I solved most of them by becoming a partner in a small company which we named Island Holidays . |
| 27 | But for me there will only ever be one Dalglish . ’ |
| 28 | But for me you came |
| 29 | But for me you came sooner than you expected . |
| 30 | But for me I ca n't . |