Example sentences of "they 're for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're for those upper-class twits who turn up halfway through seminars and who never bother to get their essays in on time . |
| 2 | They 're for the mass graves expected to be needed after the first German air raids . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes you do n't even know what they 're for , because the ad is just a cartoon girl taking the dog for a walk or something . |
| 4 | They 're for things like spot cream . |
| 5 | They 're for my father , not for me , and a change will undoubtedly whet his appetite . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They 're for my wife . |
| 7 | When I buy them from the chemist , I pretend they 're for someone else . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're for your mother , love . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They 're for her ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They 're not for us , they 're for me . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're for fun ; that 's what they 're for . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They 're for fun ; that 's what they 're for . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ They 're for you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The only papers we seem to keep are bills , and they 're for the accountant , ’ Emily said . |
| 15 | But you see , neither are corner shop , I mean , we 've got a lovely corner shop at the roundabout but the prices packing small cos they 're for the elderly and single people and that , and the prices just rocket you know so high . |
| 16 | But they 're apt to make me feel a bit I suppose that 's what they 're for , a bit docile like , you know what I mean ? |
| 17 | They 're for obstruction not completely covered by water , are n't they ? |
| 18 | They 're for folks down South , who do n't know a lathe from a loom . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They 're not for him , ’ she denied stiffly , ‘ they 're for me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But they 're not jumble — they 're for me ! |
| 21 | ‘ They 're for Rob 's wedding … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They 're for my writing class , ’ I say . |
| 23 | And they 're for your mother , not you ! ’ she declared , incensed that he should show so little consideration . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm well aware of whom they 're for , ’ he bit out , and Ellie belatedly became rather frighteningly aware of the dangerous quality in him that had only been hinted at before . |
| 25 | They 're for growing in pots . |
| 26 | His group are not for listening , they 're for telling people . |
| 27 | they 're for you . |
| 28 | You have a set of notes here now I 'm not gon na start at page one and work right through to page whatever it is erm they are there for you to take away for you to make notes during these two days er and for you to take away so that they 're they 're for revision and er there are as Bob 's just discovering pages where a I 'll ask you to make make specific notes er that I 'll supply to you as we go along . |
| 29 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 30 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |