Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be willing to pay for any books or copies or , if anyone has an old machine that could be used for spares , I am desperate for these bits . |
| 2 | Steffine slept through it all and I am thankful for that . |
| 3 | The atmosphere should be electric and I am sure for many of my players it is the biggest game of their careers . |
| 4 | I am grateful for that gift , as perhaps you may be . ’ |
| 5 | I am grateful for that reply . |
| 6 | I am grateful for that suggestion , but I am not sure which Labour party policy the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that I adopt to encourage investment . |
| 7 | I am grateful for that reply . |
| 8 | I am grateful for that helpful clarification . |
| 9 | I am grateful for that because it enables me to provide him with a fuller response on those points than I might otherwise have been able to do . |
| 10 | I am grateful for that direction . |
| 11 | Mr Court was a principal architect of this Society as it is today and I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to the very considerable part he has played in the development of the Society over the past 16 years . |
| 12 | I am grateful for this invitation and would like to attend the launch . |
| 13 | I am grateful for this opportunity to clarify any uncertainty that may have resulted from this case , the specific circumstances which lay behind it and the way in which it had to be decided . |
| 14 | ‘ I am sorry for that . ’ |
| 15 | I do not know that I am sorry for that . |
| 16 | BELVILLE : I am sorry for that , madam . |
| 17 | Although I am sorry for those young people , I believe that their problem is often psychological , rather than inability to find work . |
| 18 | IF ONLY the woman had paused for a moment to inspect the hastily scrawled felt tip notice at the top of the stairs : ‘ I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to all our customers during the period that the down escalator has been out of service . |
| 19 | He said , ‘ I am sorry for this annoyance . |
| 20 | Penny Wright ( to whom I am indebted for this story ) was attending a healing ceremony which involved the temporary burial alive of the patient in this case a child . |
| 21 | I am indebted for most of this information to the Librarian of the Renfrew District Library Service in Paisley and the papers of their local history department . |
| 22 | As Pilate stands watching , watching Jesus being humiliated , watching him being tormented that thought going through the mind , I am responsible for this , I am guilty of it , I have done it ! |
| 23 | I 'm desperate for some kind of help . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 25 | And I am , I 'm grateful for all of that . |
| 26 | ‘ They have helped and encouraged me to be more professional , and I 'm grateful for that . |
| 27 | Well Chairman I 'm grateful for that , that information , what it says is that er , everybody else is just as confused as I am . |
| 28 | My Lords , I 'm grateful for that helpful and encouraging reply erm would the Noble Baroness agree that many teachers do not feel , who are not specially trained in this area do not feel comfortable delivering the R E syllabus . |
| 29 | ‘ Certainly , more volunteer helpers would be very useful , ’ agreed Pat , ‘ I 'm grateful for any help ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry for all this , ’ she said , trying to comfort the Bookman . |