Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be [adv] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't aware that I was here for your entertainment . |
| 2 | The great thing about Angie was that she was always for him . |
| 3 | Provided he is not forced to drop them it may be that Gorbachev , ironically , could be the first world leader to actually reduce a country 's intelligence agencies on the grounds that there is less for them to do . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , they contain persuasive evidence to indicate that there was more for his people to do , and talk about , that there was more fun , than there is now in some parts of urban Scotland . |
| 5 | ‘ We want to make the whole pie bigger so there 's more for us , more for them , more for everybody . ’ |
| 6 | And once it arrives , city officials ought to be held far more accountable than they are today for what they spend and how . |
| 7 | I think animals that are used for human entertainment definitely deserve a better deal , for example , large wi wild animals that are used in circuses , we have n't got the right , as people , to say that they 're here for our entertainment . |
| 8 | I might want to poke my tongue out at those new cameras as I slow down to pass them , but deep down even I know that they 're there for my protection . |
| 9 | That first night it suddenly dawned on me that they were there for me . |
| 10 | On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns . |
| 11 | that he was here for us to receive . |
| 12 | But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’ |
| 13 | Now I feel grateful that I 've got someone who listens and who is there for me . |
| 14 | By the time they returned to the table for the Christmas pudding John Harbour had moved and there was nowhere for her to sit except beside O'Hara . |
| 15 | Thus it is a question of fact for the coroner to decide whether a death is natural or not natural and it is therefore for him to decide whether an inquest should be held . |
| 16 | And it was all for nothing . |
| 17 | If it 's just for yourself and you fall off and hurt yourself you can pull out , and nobody 's the worse off , but if you 're in a team you 've got to get round else the whole team is in the cart . |
| 18 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
| 19 | " But there 's nowhere for us to go , is there , Andrew ? " |
| 20 | Admittedly that was not accepted by the Greater York authorities working party , but it is there for you , it is a base of technical information for you to use in your decision . |
| 21 | It 's changed over the years , but it 's still for what I 'd like to think of as the intelligent , discerning young music fan . ’ |
| 22 | All that 's in it is a bed and a camping stove , but it 's home for us … if that 's what you really want . ’ |
| 23 | It could be an oversight , but it 's enough for me to put the law on his trail . ’ |
| 24 | He said he had some news , but it was only for my ears and I must keep it confidential . |
| 25 | but that 's not just because somebody was away for their dinner , it 's , if that person was back from their dinner |
| 26 | It 's a futile gesture , of course , because there 's nowhere for you to go . ’ |
| 27 | There was n't much space along here , and he could no longer rely on people taking one look and then getting out of his way because there was nowhere for them to go . |
| 28 | And you remember that they 're in no position to dictate because they 're there for you and me . |
| 29 | we 've said it , if we can accumulate our own pots and pans , we 'll be like before they 're there for everybody up here to use . |
| 30 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |