Example sentences of "i am [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 I am here for about a fortnight whilst you settle in .
2 I am here for one year .
3 Sub-text : ‘ I am here for you , to act as a sounding board expressing empathy .
4 ‘ What I am here for today is something completely different .
5 I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are .
6 " I am here for the by-election , Mrs Adeane .
7 I am here for the truth ! ’
8 Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit .
9 I am away for eight months a year and we hardly see each other .
10 What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ?
11 I am away for four weeks .
12 But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’
13 I am all for sharing , but am not interested in running a commune .
14 While I am all for buying British , very little of what we buy here today is entirely British .
15 I am all for it if it stops the bombings , ’ he said .
16 I am all for change , ’ he says .
17 I am all for my children
18 I am all for peace .
19 I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible .
20 Chapter 10 comes back from Utopia — and I am all for Utopia — to the question of ‘ How is it to be done ? ’
21 I am all for patriotism and international competition — the more feeling , the better .
22 ’ As long as the police are doing their job I am all for it . ’
23 Personally I am all for the guilty being run to ground .
24 ‘ Well , she did n't admire Simon — the way she admires Michel now ; I can see how much she does , that 's why I am so for it .
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