Example sentences of "[pron] be for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How glad I am for them ! |
| 2 | I can see how hopelessly unsuitable I am for you ; all I ever do is misunderstand what you say , and weep . |
| 3 | " But think how good I am for you . |
| 4 | If I do n't get them , I 'm for it . |
| 5 | ‘ And I 'm for it , ’ Nevil stated . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " But I 'm for it . " |
| 9 | Why , you were as hot for me as I was for you ! ’ |
| 10 | When Thompson asks about the emergence of classes he enquires into the choices and intentions of individuals , which are for him a crucial kind of evidence , and sees the process of class formation as one of self-making . |
| 11 | On the subject of my aunts , I must share with you something which still makes me smile when I think back on those days of yore , which were for us children — halcyon days . |
| 12 | I once spent a whole rehearsal on the Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann , which is for me one of the most tragic things in opera . |
| 13 | To dwell on the Caledonian Canal for a moment , this was my first of many passages through which is for me the most beautiful of all the canals — the ultimate in inland waterways , so I had been looking forward to it immensely . |
| 14 | However , he says he is glad to have had an experience which afforded him ‘ unique access ’ to what he calls ‘ The Grand Theme : Life and Death ’ and to have lived through a slice of contemporary history , which is for him an important interest . |
| 15 | However , he says he is glad to have had an experience which afforded him ‘ unique access ’ to what he calls ‘ The Grand Theme : Life and Death ’ and to have lived through a slice of contemporary history , which is for him an important interest . |
| 16 | Third , her dispute with ‘ interpretation ’ , which is for her also a dispute with any kind of critical theory , is due to the assumptions of cultural differentiation built into the former and latter . |
| 17 | If your complaint can not be resolved locally , your representative will ask you to complete a report form , the original of which is for you and a copy will be forwarded to our Head Office . |
| 18 | This is my body , which is for you , do this as a memorial of me … |
| 19 | The young men had been playing football against a team from the small local college at Adrar , the town which was for me the end of tarmac and the beginning of the desert ; for these city boys , it was the last outpost . |
| 20 | Anaud had in some ways a curiously desexualized view of the body and spoke of a ‘ body without organs ’ , which was for him a body deprived mainly of functions of reproduction and defecation , that was mainly a locus of feeling and sensation . |
| 21 | Innocent was consecrated pope on the feast of St Peter 's Chair or Throne ( 22 February ) , which was for him deeply symbolic . |
| 22 | Whatever the uncertainties of the precise dates , events and social connections in Rolle 's life it is clear from external and internal evidence that he felt increasingly compelled towards a solitary life because it facilitated contemplative inner life which was for him the reality to be cultivated above all other . |
| 23 | All 72 of the privatised National Bus Company subsidiaries left the best scheme , which was for them the equivalent of TOPS and broke the link between pension rights and the rise in the cost of living . |
| 24 | All 72 of the privatised National Bus Company subsidiaries left the best scheme , which was for them the equivalent of TOPS and broke the link between pension rights and the rise in the cost of living . |
| 25 | Till May came and the day came When she wore 'em down to Shoreham , But nobody was for 'em So she wore 'em nevermore … |
| 26 | I said I 'm on a YTS , she went oh she said I do n't know if you 're for them , I said er well if you do n't I 'll find out and then tell you at the she goes , yeah , we 'll do that she says but I do , I do n't know if owe have to pay for them or not , you know she said I think you 're supposed to have a form . |
| 27 | Any nonsense and you 're for it . ’ |
| 28 | I mean , if the police stop you on the motorway , you know you 're for it , whether you 've done anything or not . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's very clever , ’ William said at once , ‘ making lovely shoes she is for them actresses in the theatre . ’ |