Example sentences of "[adv] be [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change has not necessarily been one for the better . |
| 2 | The wealth of letters and contents therein is something for which I am ever grateful . |
| 3 | ‘ I have always been one for good manners , I like people to say please and thank you , ’ says Marjorie Gedge . |
| 4 | She remembered he 'd always been one for noticing things . |
| 5 | You 've always been one for a quiet life , have n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | A new Jump Pattern has been worked out and some new races created specifically for horses whose optimum trip is two and a half miles , a distance not previously catered for at championship level both over hurdles and fences , although there will still be nothing for novice chasers over that distance at the Cheltenham Festival . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
| 8 | This intimacy also is something for which the world still waits . |
| 9 | Just as a crisis point for conventional families is the point at which children leave home , so also is it for communes . |
| 10 | But far be it for us to shed crocodile tears over the bruised egos of our male counterparts . |
| 11 | ‘ Far be it for me to be lofty about such things , but some of us dry our clothing . ’ |
| 12 | That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point . |
| 13 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 14 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 15 | Far be it for me to mention Huntingdon district council but that is one which |
| 16 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 17 | No life that though is it for a younger person ? |
| 18 | Whether it 's a relaxing or active type of holiday you like , there really is something for everyone at Club Europa . |
| 19 | In a country so large there really is something for everyone . |
| 20 | It really is one for the book . " |
| 21 | ‘ There may well be something for the police in the Jefferson connection . |
| 22 | Each field is given a use , ie is it for text or numbers , and a length . |
| 23 | NOW here 's something for England manager Graham Taylor to consider . |
| 24 | Alright then , alright then here 's one for you |
| 25 | Here 's one for all you Star Trek fans , basically this is a windows version of the very popular EGA Startrek . |
| 26 | Jean says she 's not quite ready for another move yet … so here 's one for the family album … the Hunts stationary for once . |
| 27 | Here 's one for you |
| 28 | Oh here 's one for mum , she 'll get this one . |
| 29 | Here are Tony here 's one for you . |
| 30 | It will undoubtedly be one for public debate , and rightly so . |