Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning .
2 " I feel worn out , much more than I would if I 'd been for miles on the moor .
3 In anticipation of receiving your contract within the next few days , I am requesting a copy of the tape according to your specifications , which I understand are for UNIX on Sun/4 at 6250 bpi .
4 Besides being ‘ colourful ’ they advertise records which I presume are for sale in Liverpool shops and various events such as the wonderful ‘ Festival of Comedy ’ .
5 Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks .
6 ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly .
7 I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’
8 Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know .
9 This process directly undermined the rule of law : ‘ such transference of authority saps the foundation of that rule of law which has been for generations a leading feature of the English constitution . ’
10 The charities which benefit are for men and women .
11 Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time .
12 All you want is for things
13 She has been for weeks . ’
14 She will stay with the man at whose side she has been for years , Secretary of State James Baker .
15 However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks .
16 Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating .
17 Where was that bungalow that you said was for sale then ?
18 The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening .
19 All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’
20 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 .
21 There 's been more praise for Brian Clough , at the bottom of the League with Forest , than there has been for Norwich manager Mike Walker at the top .
22 And although entitlement caps are not easy to implement , there is more interest in them in Congress than there has been for years , and the interest is being communicated to the administration .
23 The sun 's been shining all week over Hereford : United are on a high , five goals against Colchester was the best news there 's been for years at Edgar Street .
24 The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant .
25 They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend .
26 Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years .
27 They were both drunker than they 'd been for years .
28 Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years .
29 The longing he 'd kindled within her had been for love — his love .
30 On the contrary , such dispositions of honores and patronage were , as they had been for Charles 's predecessors , crucial instruments of royal power in the regions .
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