Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank mummy and you for your nice letter . |
| 2 | Those whom it has encouraged are the likes of Saddam Hussein , who are fundamentally correct in claiming a link between the two occupations — hardly a flattering analogy but one for which many people may be about to pay for America 's 30 years of pusillanimity in the Middle East . |
| 3 | ‘ I always thought it would be marriage or nothing for you — especially after the way you 've kept men at arm 's length over the years I 've known you . ’ |
| 4 | She threw the black leather briefcase on to the sofa and said briskly , ‘ Gin and It for me , please , Jack . ’ |
| 5 | Erm , he 's married to Margaret , and they have one daughter Jane , erm , , Jack actually sets up all the , all of our equipment and everything for us . |
| 6 | In brief , it seems that stresses are altered according to context : we need to be able to explain how and why this happens , but this is a difficult question and one for which we have only partial answers . |
| 7 | He for a boy and she for a girl and it for anything . |
| 8 | As a result , there will be one regime for overseas companies ' places of business and one for their branches , and the potential for abuse . |
| 9 | Learning it type is a full business and I for one need a bit more to keep me interested . |
| 10 | Fernando brought her a drink of orange juice and one for himself and pulled up another lounger next to her . |
| 11 | It 's only about a pound eighty a week or something for him . |
| 12 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 13 | Did Amanda have any food or anything for you when you got there ? |
| 14 | Sumitomo Bank has stuck with NCR equipment for every generation of its banking systems since the implementation of the First Online system in the 1970s , and the defeat means that NCR now loses its last big customer account and one for which it maintained considerable investment in mainframes — even developing the 9800XL series , last of its mainframes — especially for Sumitomo . |
| 15 | Housing is obviously a crucial resource and one for which , moreover , the whole rural population — farmers and farm workers , locals and newcomers , agricultural and non-agricultural families — are competing . |
| 16 | Cos Alex comes and he 's putting a bet on , I says he 'll have to put ten pence each way or whatever for me on |
| 17 | I have what to you may seem a small problem but one for which I can find no reason . |
| 18 | You will require two passport size colour photographs for enrolment — one for your faculty office and one for your ID card . |
| 19 | She twirled and turned in delight to show off the uniform to her mother Fran , adding : ‘ I 've already got two school bags one for my front and one for my back . ’ |