Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is away for hours ; perhaps a whole day . |
| 2 | But she is not for me nor I for her . |
| 3 | Her 1.7m draft keel is a great boon for shoal draft cruising , and she is otherwise well equipped above and below deck , always well maintained , she is seriously for sale at a sensible price . |
| 4 | Just when that dream person is deciding to redial your number he or she is in for a surprise — the second sitting has moved in on your table . |
| 5 | ‘ She is there for my protection . |
| 6 | ‘ I have told you , she is there for her protection . |
| 7 | ‘ True , she is his partner , she helps him , and when his body calls for lust , she is there for him , but I would not say she is a prime concern in his life . ’ |
| 8 | She is out for the evening to celebrate at her favourite local restaurant . |
| 9 | Whether this is important to you is not for us to say . |
| 10 | Do n't you know that whatever was between you is over for good ? ’ |
| 11 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 12 | It is not for us to judge . |
| 13 | It is not for everyone ; I can only recommend this book to those who are serious about the history of turning lathes and ornamental turning . |
| 14 | ‘ It is not for us to steer these people or act on their behalf ’ , said the SPD spokesman Eduard Heussen . |
| 15 | It is not for us to make political decisions . |
| 16 | It is not for us to say we are going to do it . |
| 17 | ‘ It is not for us because we are going out of this business . |
| 18 | It is not for long that death is less difficult , the histories of self and other lost , and consciousness unconflicted . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 20 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 21 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 22 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 23 | Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’ |
| 24 | To get rid of such furniture because it happens not to fit into present arrangements is rather like pulling down one wing of the house concerned just because it is not for the moment in use . |
| 25 | SIR — Perhaps it is not for me , as a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , to comment on ‘ the precise purpose ’ of Cardinal Hume 's visit to Moscow ( report , April 16 ) . |
| 26 | It is not for sale . |
| 27 | Sometimes a most carefully planned game structure is ineffective because it is not for some reason appropriate either to the material or to the particular class . |
| 28 | ‘ It is not for the Prince . ’ |
| 29 | The formal procedures of the House have not , so far , had to be changed following the introduction of television , and the Procedure Committee has taken the view that , unless a powerful case can be made to the contrary , it is not for the House to adapt to televising . |
| 30 | Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this . |