Example sentences of "[Wh pn] be for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Here , there was no ambiguity ; no difficulty over marriage or courtship ; no women at all but the camp-followers , or the whores who were for sale , with other merchandise , from the second , vagabond camp that stood as a fringe to the first .
2 ‘ Every day hundreds of people — chained , pinioned and fettered were brought to [ the sultan 's hall ] and those who were for execution were executed , those for torture tortured , and those for beating beaten .
3 An editorial in The Lancet ( November 10 , 1990 ) entitled ‘ Who 's for tennis ? ’ but which could have just as easily been entitled ‘ Who 's for running ? ’ sums up the present state of the art and looks particularly at a new piece of research carried out on civil servants .
4 Who 's for coffee ?
5 Unlike Jesus Christ , who is for Christians the Son of God , Muhammad , who was born in AD 570 is seen by his followers as Gods messenger .
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