Example sentences of "[adv] one for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenny does n't give much away and is not one for great speeches . |
| 2 | Jonadab confirmed that the shepherd was not one for strong drink and was beginning to think that George had possibly made a good choice , when the old farmer and his wife came back along the line . |
| 3 | Not one for false modesty , she cites Hegel on Antigone and Freud on Oedipus Rex as antecedents . |
| 4 | She 's not one for beautiful landscapes , in fact she has a passion for bricks . |
| 5 | Bill was not one for lengthy explanations . |
| 6 | Upland valleys present additional problems because of their often numerous isolated field barns — sometimes one for each hay meadow . |
| 7 | Several magistrates ' and lawyers ' unions protested at the handling and the outcome of both the Luchaire and the Nucci affairs and at the amnesty law , citing these as proof of the subordination of the judiciary to political power and of the existence of a two-speed system of justice ( i.e. one for elected officials and one for ordinary citizens ) . |