Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was devised by erm , a man called Michael Curtain , and it 's the er , Curtain Aptitude I 've forgotten what the I 's for now , oh , well anyway , it 's probably it 's deducted in the basis . |
| 2 | very carefully chosen erm , G is your forward schedule , for next year onwards , H would be for God , otherwise known as the boss , I is for erm , otherwise known as colleagues , and J is for plebs , people who report to you , and K is the personal section , and L is new ideas schedule . |
| 3 | A is central heating , C is car parking , D is street car parking , E is special diets catered for , F , tea and coffee making facility , G is television in bedrooms at no extra charge I is for answering and J K , I 've , I 'm , just to go all through this , disabled facilities , L separate M bedrooms available with private telephones in , it 's N , number of bedrooms available with private bathroom and toilet or shower and toilet . |
| 4 | But if it is n't true , then of course she 's for a flogging and prison : or worse . ’ |
| 5 | She 's for adoration , ’ Carey said , ‘ not information . ’ |
| 6 | The key firmly turned in the lock ( ‘ She 's for ever wanting in — to dust her little bits of this and that … ’ ) , we sat over our muffins , our toast , our cakes . |
| 7 | Jean never put any thing away , she always says I 'm going to do it , she 's for ever saying oh |
| 8 | I suspect she 's for the chop . |
| 9 | She 's for this house . |
| 10 | A rare one she is for putting her feet up and having an early supper in front of the telly you 've put in her room . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll have her brought down here to Florence as soon as she can be moved but we 'll have to leave her where she is for the moment — in fact , put me through to Pontino again now , will you ? |
| 12 | ‘ She 's very clever , ’ William said at once , ‘ making lovely shoes she is for them actresses in the theatre . ’ |
| 13 | A sense which can work against his best interests — for I need not repeat how much I respect Amaryllis , how entirely delightful and suitable I find her and how wonderfully rare she is for me who has — as man to man I can tell you what you must guess — several times been urged to marry . |
| 14 | I know her now and she is for my fool 's turn that will be caught by her . |
| 15 | The skirt pattern I 've designed for you is for Japanese machines , but I 've also made one for Passap/Pfaff . |
| 16 | ‘ Because it turns out that although she 's renting her flat while the owners are abroad , the flat that 's going opposite her is for sale , not rent . ’ |
| 17 | It 's for hitting cricket balls with . |
| 18 | It 's for the Berlin Dance Company . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's for the new stewards ’ training day . ’ |
| 20 | It 's for your protection , so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink . |
| 21 | After all , it 's for us . ’ |
| 22 | But that would be a strictly literary question ; and it 's for raising quite other questions that this book is momentous and irreplaceable . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's for government to regulate on behalf of the community , to set the standards and environmental goals , ’ Mr Patten said — a statement that would have jarred on his predecessor , and , until recently , on the party faithful . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's for the kids , ’ she says to Freda Leader , our next door neighbour . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's for the mail van . |
| 26 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 27 | Whether it 's for fresh juice or making coffee in the microwave , the versatile Microbist jug is a must for the modern kitchen . |
| 28 | Whether it 's for a formal dinner party or a family celebration , we show you how |
| 29 | I think it 's for taking stuff to the factory and that . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's for my great-uncle . |