Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |
| 2 | Sub-text : ‘ I am here for you , to act as a sounding board expressing empathy . |
| 3 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 4 | But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I am all for it if it stops the bombings , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ’ As long as the police are doing their job I am all for it . ’ |
| 7 | I am all for my children |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm here for you whenever you need someone . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not I 'm not I 'm here for you not you do n't you 're not here for me . |
| 11 | It 's a big challenge and I 'm up for it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I 'm up for it , ’ he says jokingly , as if ordering a pint of beer . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , ’ she heard him say , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you unhappy , but I 'm not for you . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm , there we are I 'm in for I 'm in for another two . |
| 15 | If underwear keeps him interested , I 'm all for it . ’ |
| 16 | But I think this is , I think that I know it w it was the arguments that went on when we were on about going dividend stamps was very interesting , I quite enjoyed them and you can you know , definitely what came out was that erm it was a bad thing because erm people , er maybe it 's good if these stamps are going to the Co-op er going to the hospitals I 'm all for it , but I 'm afraid mine I keep them to for myself and erm er I get so few these days now my Co-op 's gone but erm you know usually I go and get a bag of er , box of teabags with mine , you know and er so I use my stamps now erm . |
| 17 | I 'm all for it . |
| 18 | I 'm all for it and I suspect Terry Wogan is , too . |
| 19 | He 's back , and someone 's out for his blood . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't aware that I was here for your entertainment . |
| 21 | ‘ I was there for her birth and it was the most exciting thing I have ever experienced ! ’ exclaimed the father of the baby , and the owner of a home movie of strictly limited appeal . |
| 22 | Jason Cundy gets his first chance to play against his former club since moving from Stamford Bridge last season — ‘ I still do n't know why they sold me — I thought I was there for my career , ‘ he says — but Meanwhile , in-form Chelsea will be without the suspended Mick Harford . |
| 23 | ‘ Two alternative valuation and survey services are available to you , both of which are primarily for your use — house buyers ' report or structural survey . |
| 24 | Any comments ( which are there for our benefit and are ignored by Windows ) are preceded by a semicolon as follows : |
| 25 | And he , so apparently casual — punitively casual — often irritated by her anxiety , could also rely on her being there for him , but without having to know about his own need for her to be safely where he had left her . |
| 26 | The reward was two centuries against the West Indies last summer and that England Player of the Year award , which was also for his fielding . |
| 27 | He sold the car in part exchange for another vehicle ( which was also for his business use ) . |
| 28 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 29 | Her mother proudly showed her a room which was all for herself , with a pretty bed made up with white sheets and two pillows . |
| 30 | but that 's not just because somebody was away for their dinner , it 's , if that person was back from their dinner |