Example sentences of "for [det] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for each one 's like ten metres , |
| 2 | It 's not for that it 's for |
| 3 | ‘ I make men out of them and for that I 'm at fault . |
| 4 | ‘ And for that you 're to be pitied Aggie . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If you succeed ’ , he went on , ‘ you will have hundreds of miles of country and thousands of men under your orders , and for this it is worth bartering the outward show . ’ |
| 6 | Every farmer knows that engineers may lower the levels of rivers for all they are worth , but that , without a follow-up operation of underdrainage in each saturated field , the real rewards for agriculture will never be harvested . |
| 7 | The damaging period of their life cycle for our roses comes when , as minute caterpillars and chewing for all they are worth , they can be detected by knocking a plant so that it judders . |
| 8 | And the new stars , often college graduates who have never set foot on a farm in their lives , have played it for all they are worth . |
| 9 | Grabbing his bike from the hedge where he 'd hidden it , Jack raced with all his might , his long , gangling legs pumping for all they were worth . |
| 10 | Elizabeth Addams lived next door , Thomas Addams was still at work in his smith 's shop , Thomas Burge had taken over as the Bristol carrier , and the Clement family were producing cloth for all they were worth in workshops at the end of the street . |
| 11 | Thus the " widowed queens " on one side and the " dead kings " on the other raced each other violently through the rice-paddies , bouncing their burdens for all they were worth , while screaming obscene abuse and exhortations to each other . |
| 12 | They wore expensive suits and had the general air of men who 'd found the secret key to the money pump and were cranking its handle for all they were worth . |
| 13 | I firmly told him that if he ever came near me again , I would fight back for all I was worth and , even if he managed to beat me every time , sooner or later I would get lucky and hurt him . |
| 14 | I kept my word to Jenkins and backed his proposals for all I was worth as a welcome , if minor , rationalization of the creaking old eighteenth-century ox-wagon of our criminal law . |
| 15 | Between these two peaks there intervened four decades of joyless satyromania , two or three hundred invariably unsatisfactory encounters with ‘ dumb pump handlers ’ : working-class youths , often from army backgrounds , who cheerfully milked Ackerley for all he was worth and then disappeared . |
| 16 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 17 | In typical Piggott fashion the pace was steadily increased , until three furlongs out Commanche Run was going for all he was worth , closely pursued by Shernazar and Baynoun , with Alphabatim and Crazy close enough if good enough . |
| 18 | She followed him everywhere , allowing him to bully and browbeat her for all he was worth just as long as he did n't banish her . |
| 19 | Walter Long was a country gentleman who played up to that image for all he was worth , using Henry Chaplin- " the squire — as his political model . |
| 20 | Dr Taylor plugged Pau 's ‘ curative influence ’ for all he was worth , and the Victorian visitors flocked there , many to become residents . |
| 21 | He obviously meant to milk the situation for all he was worth … |
| 22 | Coming from behind Christopher Harvie on how the Scottish Tories played the electoral game for all it 's worth |
| 23 | Coming from behind Christopher Harvie on how the Scottish Tories played the electoral game for all it 's worth |
| 24 | It 's got an image , it 's got an emotional contact and I think we 're gon na play that for all it 's worth . |
| 25 | I can imagine them doing it now for all it 's worth . |
| 26 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
| 27 | Mr Major defied the wise saw which says that the British people are happy to pay more tax in order to get better public services , and played the issue of Labour 's higher taxes for all it was worth : it was worth the difference between an overall majority of 21 and a hung Parliament . |
| 28 | Milked the occasion for all it was worth . |
| 29 | I do n't know what he 's doin' , but if the worst comes to the worst , scream for all you 're worth . |
| 30 | Bung 'em at the baddies for all you 're worth , but do n't waste 'em — you 've only got a limited supply ! |