Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] is for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 3 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 4 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 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 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 8 | Everything I do is for them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | What you want is for me to stroke your ego by telling you that he does n't compare to you . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Otherwise all we want is for her to have fun , and to enjoy happiness and health . ’ |
| 15 | The last thing we want is for someone to pop up unmarked and score a goal . |
| 16 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |
| 17 | Everything they do is for their children . |