Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] for my " in BNC.

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1 Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit .
2 I am all for my children
3 Jason Cundy gets his first chance to play against his former club since moving from Stamford Bridge last season — ‘ I still do n't know why they sold me — I thought I was there for my career , ‘ he says — but Meanwhile , in-form Chelsea will be without the suspended Mick Harford .
4 She is there for my protection .
5 There 's nowhere for my clothes .
6 ‘ Even if they are n't for my eyes , ’ he had added with a twinkle .
7 I might want to poke my tongue out at those new cameras as I slow down to pass them , but deep down even I know that they 're there for my protection .
8 If it were n't for my kids now I 'd be doing untold things .
9 If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’
10 ‘ I 'm sure it was n't ; Garry is n't the brightest of men ; he 'd deceive himself into thinking I would n't try to trace him , and if it were n't for my sister I would n't bother ; the discrepancies in the accounts would be compensated for by his permanent absence from the firm . ’
11 And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’
12 As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ .
13 If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’
14 well it 's not for my house , it 's for yours
15 It 's just for my bus , I get a bus that I think leaves at half twelve , and if I miss it there 's not another one that takes me to .
16 ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’
17 So it was n't for my benefit .
18 Now a mature 10-year-old , Lois , from Aintree , says : ‘ I do n't think I would be doing comedy if it was n't for my dad . ’
19 ‘ I would n't have achieved what I have , if it was n't for my dad . ’
20 Nearly two years ago , I saw the type of package that really interested me BUT , of course , it was not for my computer .
21 He said he had some news , but it was only for my ears and I must keep it confidential .
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