Example sentences of "[pers pn] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , there was some on a plate and my sister 's little lad went up and went to take one off this plate and then Valerie tu turned round , she said er , you ca n't have one of them , them are for the old folks . |
| 2 | ‘ James — I am for staying here — do you agree ? ’ |
| 3 | How glad I am for them ! |
| 4 | ‘ However , I am for frankness in these matters . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 6 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 7 | Since I , without the benefit of tax relief , am paying as much as I am for the Monarchy , I would like them to do what they have to do in silence . |
| 8 | " Miriam , " she said instead , " I can not tell you how worried I am for Harry . |
| 9 | Avid as I am for details of Claudia 's personal life , I have lost interest in the details of my own . |
| 10 | I am for a start . ’ |
| 11 | I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’ |
| 12 | I can see how hopelessly unsuitable I am for you ; all I ever do is misunderstand what you say , and weep . |
| 13 | ‘ I am for King Stephen . ’ |
| 14 | ( Or groundsperson , as you quickly modified it to , though let me assure you grateful as I am for your awareness of the issues involved that I have no simplistic sensibilities to be offended in this area . ) |
| 15 | " But think how good I am for you . |
| 16 | no , and mean end up doing separate stew mum I am for myself it 's not fair that because I ca n't eat |
| 17 | If I do n't get them , I 'm for it . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've walked halfway across Berlin for the International Anti-War Youth Movement , and I 'm for a swim . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And I 'm for it , ’ Nevil stated . |
| 20 | I 'm for a walk before turning in . |
| 21 | He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more . |
| 22 | I thought , I 'm for it now , but all she said when she 'd bustled in and taken the coal from the cart , was , 'Ere yar . |
| 23 | On the track ‘ I 'm Against The '80s ’ , Lawrence drawls , ‘ I 'm for the '70s/I 'm for the '90s , too ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm for the dustbin now ? ’ she said . |
| 25 | ‘ And yes , I 'm for the cottage that the Harris Agency advertised . |
| 26 | I 'm for the artist speaking to the audience , backing them and letting them do what they want . |
| 27 | It 's what I 'm for , ’ he said dully ; but he was still just there , looking through the bewitchment at her . |
| 28 | I 'm for real — or what I call real , according to my limited sensory equipment . |
| 29 | ‘ No , it 'll be a night out I would guess , although I 'm for home myself first , to get some shuteye . |
| 30 | ‘ If he blows his mouth off before the Wee GP , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm for castration . |