Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [is] for " in BNC.

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1 The last thing I want is for the case to be closed .
2 Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’
3 ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me .
4 ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake .
5 ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you .
6 ‘ What I want is for us to talk long and hard , and now , ’ she declared , and , swivelling on her heel , she marched back into the house .
7 The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians .
8 ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning .
9 He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted .
10 Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son .
11 ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’
12 Everything I do is for them .
13 Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me .
14 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
15 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
16 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
17 If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus .
18 Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time .
19 All you want is for things
20 I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ .
21 And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing .
22 What you want is for me to stroke your ego by telling you that he does n't compare to you . ’
23 All that you behold is for the most part , simply broadcasting equipment .
24 Liverpool Labour group member George Knibb said : ‘ What we are asking you to do is for what you believe in for the miners to commit yourselves to for your own workforce . ’
25 We need to know who discourse is for , often in detail .
26 This year 's chairman of the Pimlico Connection , Giancarlo Marcheselli , was curious to know what teaching would be like , and thought it would be a way of doing something useful to complement the years as a student ‘ where everything you do is for yourself ’ .
27 recent years by the introduction of the statutory right for any council to spend up to the product of a 2p rate on any matter which the council itself considers is for the benefit of the area or part of the area , or all or some of the inhabitants .
28 And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean .
29 All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’
30 Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain .
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