Example sentences of "'s for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ And that 's for carrying tales . ’ |
| 32 | That 's for storing . |
| 33 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 34 | ‘ That one 's for going , ’ said the Headmaster pointing to a sign which read ‘ GOING ’ in large red letters . |
| 35 | That that 's for going in the swimming pool with her |
| 36 | That 's for going round with the tape |
| 37 | to Majorca for a week but it wo n't be to laze around it 's for it 's for walking . |
| 38 | Oh , so it 's so it 's for photographing the star and |
| 39 | Right that 's for measuring angles so we could measure these angles before we s before we start on the money |
| 40 | It 's for making products which are now or are potentially viable commercially . |
| 41 | That 's for doing your washing oh you , washing , what bloody you 'll . |
| 42 | That 's for doing . |
| 43 | No afterwards no , when I 've done it I go and do something and then I think oh yeah that 's for doing that . |
| 44 | your if your nature 's for gadding about , |
| 45 | ‘ The Keeper 's for putting her out of her misery now , Mr Wolski and from a scientific point of view I 'm inclined to agree with him . |
| 46 | It 's for putting the cream on is n't it ? |
| 47 | It 's for putting the cream on the cake is n't it ? |
| 48 | Aye it 's for carding wool . |
| 49 | Music is n't for keeping and treasuring , it 's for cutting up and feeding into a computer . |
| 50 | But that would be a strictly literary question ; and it 's for raising quite other questions that this book is momentous and irreplaceable . |
| 51 | Oops oops hello Jess all these blown up things all round the house no no no no no Charlotte do n't hit the dog , that 's it you cuddle Jessie darling in your chair in your chair go on move I do n't know why she wants to play with that that 's for crawling around with you do n't need to crawl any more Charlotte . |
| 52 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 53 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 54 | That 's for resurfacing work through to six o'clock on Monday morning . |
| 55 | And then we 're going to use a very nice cream erm called moisture balance and that 's a dermatological product and , and that 's for keeping the skin nice and soft , and keeping the wrinkles at bay . |