Example sentences of "[be] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very difficult to remember who had been for what at which particular period . |
| 2 | ‘ Gentle , indeed ! ’ she said ‘ And if I were as gentle in the market as I have been for him at home , how does he think I would manage ? ’ |
| 3 | The England that Pound mourns the loss of is , as it had been for him from the first , an integral province of western Europe , sharing a common culture with France and always reaching out , through France , to the shores of the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | Blanche thought she detected a flicker of self-satisfaction , as though she had confirmed what had been for him until then just a suspicion . |
| 5 | Surely all three are for us among the great achievements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ? |
| 6 | We 're for it for patriotic reasons . |
| 7 | I think if you were to use another sheet altogether it would be for me at least unnecessary work . |
| 8 | ( What kind of a rest is it meant to be for me with a querulous adolescent ? |
| 9 | I 'm afraid sir , I have no knowledge , I have n't certainly myself spoken to anybody with regard to that , I would of thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |
| 10 | I would have thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |
| 11 | But a better answer would be for them to be prohibited from driving cars above 1.3 litres — a common engine capacity — until they are 25 . |
| 12 | It will have to be for us at least twenty one days , that 's the absolute rock bottom minimum I would have thought therefore the French I suspect have us over a barrel and we would have to cough up for the enormous expenditure of an extra building at Strasbourg which is not needed erm as I understand it er that er view I savoured I do n't erm have the details of that . |
| 13 | Well , imagine how different our life would be for us for a start . |
| 14 | It should be noted that this grouping of sixth-century metalwork includes nearly all of the known examples , and only raises again the question of how similar items have to be for us to be able to distinguish the skills of one workshop as opposed to the learned traditions of a single society . |
| 15 | Gentlemen , I , I , I do believe , fellow councillors , what we 've done now is asked the solicitor to , to take the matter in hand , and so I do think until we 've got advice from him , it would be for us to actually recommend any other |
| 16 | Just what does something have to be for it to be called a god ? |
| 17 | It is always possible , though unlikely , that a random sample will , by chance , include a higher proportion of one group of people than there should be for it to be truly representative . |
| 18 | And the more information you get about those businesses the easier it 's going to be for you to er to convey to them you know a lot you 've done your research on them . |
| 19 | Green 's mountains are and were for him unlike those of Scotland with their purple grandeur and exotic shapes , nor did they have their awesome desolation . |
| 20 | Well that 's for me to listening back if I 've , if somebody objects to , you know |
| 21 | ‘ It 'll be the press gang for thee if we do n't run off , and God knows what 's for me without thee . ’ |
| 22 | Oh that 's for us on Saturday night . |
| 23 | It 's for you with kids . |
| 24 | Once students have identified the discourse type they are to process or produce , the next step is for them to ‘ find their way around ’ inside it . |
| 25 | Thus , one of the functions of parents sending their children to elite schools is for them to be identified as more able . |
| 26 | Surely the best way for members needs to be attended to is for them to actually make the decisions on which section 's relevant to them . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 29 | The legislation does therefore not set up any presumption in the employee 's favour ; rather it is for him as claimant to lead evidence which tends to establish that it is more likely than not the employer gained from possession of the patent . |
| 30 | Not to have a companion is for him like lacking a limb . |