Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am here for one year .
2 I am away for eight months a year and we hardly see each other .
3 I am away for four weeks .
4 My designs aim to appeal to the style-conscious young , whereas yours are strictly for retired country ladies . ’
5 Even with Concorde I 'm away for long periods nowadays . ’
6 When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool .
7 I came here briefly last year and found it the most comfortable of cities to walk about in , so I 'm here for two months to learn Spanish . ’
8 I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval .
9 Then she told him calmly , shifting her gaze slightly , ‘ I can assure you I 'm here for one reason and for one reason only … in order to help your cousin with her English . ’
10 I 'm here for three weeks , barring accidents or terminal boredom .
11 I 'm here for some time , not forever .
12 because I 'm charged exactly the same whether I 'm there for three hours or twenty minutes !
13 Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money .
14 I 'm all for loud singing and opposition-baiting at matches and other times , but I do n't normally Do The Dambusters , or worse still the ‘ who 's that dying on the runway ’ stuff .
15 Er , first of all I would like to say , I 'm all for Equal Opportunities .
16 I 'm all for sharp manoeuvres , Gareth , but I like to be on the inside of them . ’
17 Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks .
18 I 'm all for missing hockey — how could I not be when my class coined a special place in the team-list for me : ‘ Lipman IVb .
19 I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep
20 And all of a sudden I was here for six months and then it was , then it 's a fucking year .
21 After I was there for six years
22 And er well I was there for eighteen month as a yard inspector .
23 And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages .
24 I was there for four days , about four or five interviews , then I was taken to Kilburn for an identification parade .
25 About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long .
26 I was there for two weeks .
27 I was there for two years .
28 I was there for twenty years .
29 I was there for twenty years .
30 I was there for 6 weeks before the German Paratroops arrived ’ .
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