Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's more , Joe Wallace was so pissed that night 'e did n't 'ave an inklin' who 'e was talkin' to or what pub 'e was in for that matter , so there 's no come-back from 'im at least . |
| 2 | He wondered how many of those around him were there for what he would call the right reason : the feeling that it was simple , playful fun to know things , an eager delight at the discovery that each piece of learning was a key to greater complexities of understanding . |
| 3 | He had withdrawn early with his guests , for they were bent on leaving next morning , and their business with him was not for the openness of the hall . |
| 4 | B : how long has he been away for or has he just been away ? |
| 5 | Thus , the squatter lost — and would have lost even had he been there for the twelve years . |
| 6 | ‘ Will he be here for dinner ? ’ asked my mother , the cook briefly taking precedence over the hostess . |
| 7 | Kinnock is resolutely of his place — principled , passionate , sentimental — and , by that token , he is not for these times . |
| 8 | ‘ To save my suffering Papa tells me he is dead for sure . |
| 9 | ‘ He is here for private engagements involving the security forces , ’ said a Northern Ireland Office spokesman . |
| 10 | He is away for a few days , in the country . ’ |
| 11 | I must be sure he is away for at least six hours . |
| 12 | ‘ Since , however , he is away for a couple of days , there is little possibility of your doing that ! ’ |
| 13 | His balls forward were nt too good … that s not what he is there for . |
| 14 | Sadly this is the last Sharpe , but he is in for major exposure as he comes on to television . |
| 15 | He is in for the ride , so he must be on the payroll . |
| 16 | Summers was quoted in national newspapers as saying : ‘ If Sugar thinks we are a run of the mill first division club , he is in for a big shock . |
| 17 | ‘ He is in for one hell of a battle and we will take him all the way to court if we have to . ’ |
| 18 | Tony announces that he is off for a crumble , an expression that has taken his fancy and replaced the computerese of going for a ‘ system dump . ’ |
| 19 | If a woman fucks a lot of men , each one fears he 's up for a rating . ’ |
| 20 | He 's doolally for putting up with it is n't he ? |
| 21 | ‘ Unfortunately , just like Mrs Thatcher , he 's not for turning , which is the biggest problem of all . |
| 22 | If I rang and was told ‘ no ’ I would accept he 's not for sale . |
| 23 | But Smith , who turned down a £1 million offer for Whittingham from Wimbledon earlier this year , said : ‘ He 's not for sale and that 's that . ’ |
| 24 | Okay our French tourist is entitled to the protection of the laws but he 's not for example entitled to vote and he 's not entitled to hold erm public office . |
| 25 | He 's away for some time . |
| 26 | Tony is er Professor of Economics at Cambridge and is a world renowned luminary in economic circles and er he 's , he 's here for the next week as a special professor and er is giving a number of lectures er most of which are open to , to all , to all students and he is a very famous economist , very clever chap you know if you can get to see him I , I 'd reco I 'd recommend it erm presuma there may be a sort of programme of his visit stuck up on the student notice boards erm , if there is n't er he 's giving a , a lecture tomorrow two o'clock in B seventy four and that 's , that 's if , he is going to be talking to the M A students er taking Economic Development and Policy Analysis and his topic there is comparing income inequality and poverty in Europe erm so if you , you know , if you are free tomorrow at two it just might be interesting to go along to , feel free to go to B seventy four tomorrow at two o'clock . |
| 27 | ‘ How do you know he 's here for the whole summer ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 's here for eight weeks and hopefully by the end of his stay he will be able to walk . ’ |
| 29 | Just now , he 's overboard for India . |
| 30 | Now he 's overboard for France , and spells his name with a ‘ c ’ instead of a ‘ k ’ . |