Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | 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 ’ . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
28 | 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 . |
29 | When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas . |
30 | Otherwise all we want is for her to have fun , and to enjoy happiness and health . ’ |