Let your example be one for all my other subjects.
After the death of St. Chrysostom in 407, Cassian came from Constantinople to Marseilles, and founded there two monasteries, one for men, the other for women.
His mother had founded two monasteries, one for men, the other for women; the former she put under the direction of her son Basil, the latter under that of her daughter Macrina.
But Cornelius forgot that the Seven Provinces had seven prisons, one for each, and that the board of the prisoner is anywhere else less expensive than at the Hague, which is a capital.
One for whom I will answer,--he is one of my lovers.
Well, this good man will open this one for you; do it, my friend.
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
Take care that there are always three tables--one for us, one for my officers, and the third for the servants.
Scots Law) Defn: A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.
Defn: One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter.
When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.
I divide the still house into three different rooms, to wit: One for Infusion; One for Fermentation; One for Distillation.
Enallage, in a general sense, is the change of words, or of their accidents, one for another.
One day she found Charles alone, crutching himself slowly along the terrace, and she thought nothing showed the forlorn state of the family so much as to see him out of doors with no one for a prop.
One is for you,' replied Beechnut, 'one for Phonny, and one for me.
There ought to be one for Hepzibah,' said Malleville.
When Dame Bloomfield took up the dumplings Charles saw there was one for him, and he felt happy that poor Giles had not to deprive himself of half his food that he might eat.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "one for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
