Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say I been out for a walk because I ca n't sleep . |
| 2 | I am here for about a fortnight whilst you settle in . |
| 3 | I am here for one year . |
| 4 | Sub-text : ‘ I am here for you , to act as a sounding board expressing empathy . |
| 5 | ‘ What I am here for today is something completely different . |
| 6 | I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are . |
| 7 | " I am here for the by-election , Mrs Adeane . |
| 8 | I am here for the truth ! ’ |
| 9 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |
| 10 | ‘ I am away for eight months a year and we hardly see each other . |
| 11 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 12 | I am away for four weeks . |
| 13 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 14 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 15 | I am not for sale , not now , not ever . ’ |
| 16 | But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’ |
| 17 | I am all for sharing , but am not interested in running a commune . |
| 18 | While I am all for buying British , very little of what we buy here today is entirely British . |
| 19 | ‘ I am all for it if it stops the bombings , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ I am all for change , ’ he says . |
| 21 | I am all for my children |
| 22 | I am all for peace . |
| 23 | I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible . |
| 24 | Chapter 10 comes back from Utopia — and I am all for Utopia — to the question of ‘ How is it to be done ? ’ |
| 25 | I am all for patriotism and international competition — the more feeling , the better . |
| 26 | ’ As long as the police are doing their job I am all for it . ’ |
| 27 | Personally I am all for the guilty being run to ground . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , she did n't admire Simon — the way she admires Michel now ; I can see how much she does , that 's why I am so for it . |
| 29 | My designs aim to appeal to the style-conscious young , whereas yours are strictly for retired country ladies . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm both for and against the selection policy but I believe that Evans could put egg on the selectors ' faces on Sunday . ’ |