Example sentences of "[am/are] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 2 | ( Or groundsperson , as you quickly modified it to , though let me assure you grateful as I am for your awareness of the issues involved that I have no simplistic sensibilities to be offended in this area . ) |
| 3 | It 's a question of just choosing and what you are saying is that you can increase you payback , if I could put it that way , by choosing numbers which are for whatever reason less popular with some people , simply because the payback is larger on those days . |
| 4 | Red lights are for our benefit . |
| 5 | They are for my bride , whether she 's a great lady or a governess . ’ |
| 6 | Yes , is n't , those are for my mother 's day bouquets and I just stick them in and they just come out in the vase . |
| 7 | So company obligations , but the good news is , the company obligations are for your benefit . |
| 8 | Terry 's theme is seasonable but his ideas are not for your living room or Christmas tree — they are for your partywear . |
| 9 | On behalf of CPRW , I would like to say how grateful we are for your request to the Trustees of Mrs L D Rope 's Second Charitable Settlement to consider making a donation to CPRW . |
| 10 | The taller you are for your weight , the more range advantage you will accrue . |
| 11 | But a lot of the controls are for his mou … for the bucket . |
| 12 | These are for his wife , who smokes . |
| 13 | And these ones they 've got just those erm smelly 's in there , they 're for her teacher 's . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're for your mother , love . ’ |
| 15 | And they 're for your mother , not you ! ’ she declared , incensed that he should show so little consideration . |
| 16 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're for my wife . |
| 18 | ‘ They 're for my writing class , ’ I say . |
| 19 | They 're for my father , not for me , and a change will undoubtedly whet his appetite . ’ |