Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’ |
| 2 | As you know , I am a tutor for Admissions of an Oxford College and part of the task is to visit schools . |
| 3 | I am a catalyst for change . |
| 4 | But I am a match for Kenamun , and you are forgetting our mutual friend . ’ |
| 5 | BE IT Coquilles St Jacques on an Atlantic-facing terrace in Brittany , or battered cod in the office canteen , I am a sucker for seafood . |
| 6 | I want to play for my country and believe I am the man for the job . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I am the civilization for which they are fighting , ’ he replied . |
| 8 | I 'm no match for seventeen other people . |
| 9 | ‘ I know I 'm no substitute for either of the Julians , ’ she said at last , her tone carefully diffident , ‘ but if you would like me to come along ? |
| 10 | I 'm no substitute for an absent servant — ’ |
| 11 | I sometimes feel I 'm a magnet for trouble . |
| 12 | I 'm a stickler for the truth — |
| 13 | Ah , ha , I 'm a stickler for standards . |
| 14 | If my costume gets ripped then I 'm a wreck for the rest of the performance unless they do something . |
| 15 | The Franks have chosen to play a version of The Monkees ' I 'm A Believer for the NME 's charity covers album , ‘ Ruby Trax ’ . |
| 16 | I 'm a seconder for that ? |
| 17 | I 'm a trustee for the beauty without cruelty charity |
| 18 | I 'm a sucker for middle-class comforts . |
| 19 | Fig 7 ) The intro from It 's Only Love is one of my personal favourites ( I 'm a sucker for anything that uses the old White Room ploy ! ) . |
| 20 | I 'm a sucker for pretty wood finishes and would probably have requested a much more translucent look than the one I see here . |
| 21 | I 'm a sucker for coastal walking and am naturally attracted to Dorset as it offers some of the best in the country . |
| 22 | Look , I 'm a sucker for that sort of thing . |
| 23 | It 's a good job that , he did n't take that mug that I 've got , I 'm a mug for a reason |
| 24 | We brought the figure down having at le , and waited two years and that 's th , I think that proves the lad 's foundation to the argument of how desperate the fire service need , need this station and it has absolutely nothing to do with Dovelands school er er whatsoever as far as I 'm concerned , I 'm the spokesperson for public protection not education and that 's it and er I 'm surprised er er that I know erm er er that Mr is is a very , very good supporter of the er southern fire station and supported us in the er in the er question we asked at the last council er meeting and er I 'm surprised he has n't spoke or even Mr who er , who likes to s , who likes to speak in the chamber but I 've has n't supported the fire station . |
| 25 | ‘ No Brian , I 'm still confident that I 'm the man for the job . |
| 26 | I 'm Gwynoro Jones and I 'm the candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Hereford . |
| 27 | More recently , I graduated , won a place in Cosmopolitan 's New Journalists competition and joined a feature-writing agency in London , The Write Stuff : if anyone wants an interview , I 'm The Chap for you . |
| 28 | ‘ Because I like the fashion , and because I 'm an activist for what I believe in . |
| 29 | I 'm an inspector for the local education authority . ’ |
| 30 | For a number of seasons , before I began teaching at New York University and going to the Horn of Africa during the early part of the season , I was a tipster for the Sydney Morning Herald . |