Example sentences of "[conj] for [det] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sleep , he knew at once , must have been unusually deep , for he had no clear idea how long it had lasted nor where for that matter he was . |
| 2 | One day in April 1943 Albert Hoffmann , a chemist who was working at Sandoz on the development of ergot alkaloids , felt unwell and went home early , where for some hours he experienced a variety of disordered visions . |
| 3 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 4 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 5 | erm it is n't a problem just for Hereford or for this country it 's an international problem which has evoked interest over the whole world . |
| 6 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 7 | I should perhaps explain that for many years it had been a regulation in UK registered public transport aircraft that when flying below 15 000 feet hand operated microphones were prohibited . |
| 8 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
| 9 | Now , I leave entirely on one side the question why on earth the present ratio between profits and incomes generally is so supremely right that for all time it ought to be preserved , or at any rate allowed only to diminish , regardless of anything else that happens , such as the growth of savings and accumulation of capital . |
| 10 | He supposed that for some reason they became rarer in thin fibres and almost non-existent in the very thinnest fibres , perhaps because there was simply no room for them . |
| 11 | Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed . |
| 12 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 13 | The other is that for some reason you 've been too scared to let anyone close enough . ’ |
| 14 | She knew that for some reason it was important for Jasper to have it from her . |
| 15 | I weighed in by saying that for some reason it no longer appeared in the Radcliffe Camera , as I gathered the library had ceased to subscribe to it . |
| 16 | ‘ So her father must have been a canon , ’ said Mark , though he felt that for some reason it was the canon 's widow who cut more ice here . |
| 17 | The second , which has only one complete sentence out of six units bounded by full stops , very clearly does make sense ( at least it seems fair to predict that for most people it will ) . |
| 18 | It is not common sense , and the fact that for most people it is one of the fundamental taken-forgranted assumptions of daily life is a measure of the tremendous success and power of the capitalist global system project . |
| 19 | Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore . |
| 20 | The actor is no different , although for some reason it is often thought that you are somehow ready to act , magically , the moment you enter a stage door . |
| 21 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 22 | From the start , the need to release immediately if for any reason they lose sight of the towplane must be impressed on the students . |
| 23 | Registers should be published at the latest by 15 February in each year for use in all polls taking place after that date , although if for any reason they are not so published , the most recent register may be used ( ibid , s.13(31) . |
| 24 | I should mention that if for any reason we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 25 | If for any reason we are unable to send you the watches , we reserve the right to offer you an item of equivalent value . |
| 26 | However he should be aware that this might become one of his duties if for any reason we revert to the previous arrangements after the initial trial . |
| 27 | if for any reason it would help if you had an extra week |
| 28 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 29 | If for any reason you wanted to give each monthly payment direct to ACET , we could hold the money in an account in your name until the amount accumulated reaches the £600 threshold . |
| 30 | Of course , if for any reason you have to leave your garden for several months , the best thing you can do is to sow a suitable green manure . |