Example sentences of "[be] for [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dick and the spacecraft are for exploring this universe . |
| 2 | WE 'RE SORRY we ca n't return any of your Gallery pictures , but not half as sorry as we are for inflicting this smirking , high-voiced , tubby toff with less personality than a plasticine man on you . |
| 3 | But what might the reasons be for saying such a thing ? |
| 4 | But Mill considers what , what reasons could there possibly be for having this two stage process . |
| 5 | Many there were for executing this weak nephew of their late King there and then ; but Moray , who was his kinsman , pleaded for his life with the Regent , and promised to stand surety for his better behaviour in the future . |
| 6 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 7 | No afterwards no , when I 've done it I go and do something and then I think oh yeah that 's for doing that . |
| 8 | There is not a case , however , for spreading central funding between universities more evenly ; rather it is for judging all UK universities more broadly on the excellence of both their science and their technology bases . |
| 9 | I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . " |
| 10 | I was for resolving this phenomenon into ship-wrecks , and supposing that they might have been flung on these coasts out of some unhappy vessels ; but this solution of mine is absolutely denied , from the frequency and regularity of the appearance of these seeds . " |