Example sentences of "[modal v] be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They both jumped one day when the phone rang and I leaned towards it , saying , ‘ That 'll be for me . ’ |
| 32 | If not it 'll be for me to tell her lovin' papa that his baby daughter is lost , and what 's the bettin' he 'll be over here on the fastest boat runnin' , to cut my throat for me if anything 's happened to her ? ’ |
| 33 | Fifty P bet it 'll be for him ! |
| 34 | " The best thing 'll be for you to show us , Mr Whalby . |
| 35 | . Gary that 'll be for you . |
| 36 | so the more time you 've got to do that , the easier it 'll be for you wo n't it ? |
| 37 | ‘ If that gal gets to the keeper 's cottage he 'll phone the police an' we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ You 'll be for it , my girl ! |
| 39 | ‘ So you 'd better hurry please , or we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 40 | " They 've gone to turn out the Owsla , and then we 'll be for it right enough . " |
| 41 | When I explained this to the assistant she said , ‘ Oh , I did n't think the book could be for yourself — you 're lovely and slim ’ . |
| 42 | We also run a summer school called Women into Physics , which is a rather strange title , but the idea basically is to persuade , if not encourage , young girls who have just taken their O levels that physics is a subject which could be for them — it 's not unladylike about being a scientist and , in particular , being a physicist . |
| 43 | Everything I have done could be for him . |
| 44 | How easy it could be for him — to simply sit in the cockpit of his Foxbat and fly to freedom . |
| 45 | I could not think what it was that could be for me and yet so heavy . |
| 46 | Catching her breath , Ronni added , ‘ All this panic could be for nothing . ’ |
| 47 | As noted , major users will probably prefer to establish direct links with their databases of choice , but if you 're handling , say 100 credit checks a month , and a few other services ( airline timetables are available on Telecom Gold — solve your boss 's travel problems and got to the top of the class ) , information delivery via Prestel or Telecom Gold could be for you . |
| 48 | Now that really does put you directly in the front-line when you 're answering the phone , so that call could be for anybody , when you take up a night-line call . |
| 49 | Now he 'd be for it . |
| 50 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 51 | It may be for everyone who comes to buy a ticket , but those who do choose to go are a small minority of the population . |
| 52 | The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame . |
| 53 | They build up in your tank , unless replaced by regular water changes , and while fish seem able to stand a steady build -up , however unpleasant it may be for them , new fish will die when introduced to higher levels . |
| 54 | New breed : from The Blue Lily Strip Search : Cleveland Art Gallery , Middlesbrough COMICS may be for me a closed book . |
| 55 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Now it is a general rule , that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends ; and however its decision may be final on all particulars , making up together that subject-matter which , if true , is within its jurisdiction , and , however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry , whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits , yet , upon this preliminary question , its decision must always be open to inquiry in the superior Court . ’ |
| 57 | I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation . |
| 58 | Women factory inspectors agreed that the less work women did in factories the better it would be for their home life and children 's welfare , but they were also forced to admit that working women usually needed their earnings . |
| 59 | A writer should suffer and all that — it would be for her own good in the long run . |
| 60 | The best she could hope for now was that they could form some sort of working relationship , even though every minute they spent together would be for her sweet agony . |