Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [adv] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We watched you come home , we saw you go into the house and I was all for going right in after you and confronting Imogen , telling you the truth , because I had learned all about how she had dragged you from place to place , from house to house . |
| 2 | It sustained her when the pain inside her became near-unbearable , and it was not for sharing . |
| 3 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |
| 4 | He walked around the table now in an exaggerated pose , and Harry , laughing , said , ‘ If it was n't for spoiling Aunt Ellen 's work I would throw that centrepiece at you . ’ |
| 5 | He stopped again and , taking her firmly now by the arm , pulled her into a shop doorway and , looking into her eyes , he said , ‘ If it was n't for leaving you I 'd be glad to go , and … and I thought you 'd be proud of me going . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd stay a bit till your Dad comes home if it was n't for keeping Nelly company . |
| 7 | If he 's in for working with us on the next single then it might happen . ’ |
| 8 | While I am all for buying British , very little of what we buy here today is entirely British . |
| 9 | Under dangerous conditions , his chief concern is for the welfare of the film stock and equipment , whereas mine is more for keeping us both alive … |
| 10 | But what a thing to happen so close from home when you 're on for winning the Open ! |
| 11 | THE campaign for keeping open Rosyth Dockyard is all very laudable as long as it 's not for servicing nuclear submarines . |