Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it 'll be a night out I would guess , although I 'm for home myself first , to get some shuteye . |
| 3 | ‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've walked halfway across Berlin for the International Anti-War Youth Movement , and I 'm for a swim . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And I 'm for it , ’ Nevil stated . |
| 6 | My name 's Carolyn and I 'm for Director for a group exploring parenthood . |
| 7 | she was for the top of the hockey team and I were for the football |
| 8 | Anyway , this man came up to where I was standing with my mother , and asked if I was for hire . |
| 9 | " But I 'm for it . " |
| 10 | ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . |
| 11 | Since I , without the benefit of tax relief , am paying as much as I am for the Monarchy , I would like them to do what they have to do in silence . |
| 12 | Avid as I am for details of Claudia 's personal life , I have lost interest in the details of my own . |
| 13 | ( Or groundsperson , as you quickly modified it to , though let me assure you grateful as I am for your awareness of the issues involved that I have no simplistic sensibilities to be offended in this area . ) |
| 14 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 15 | Why , you were as hot for me as I was for you ! ’ |