Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am here for one year . |
| 2 | ‘ I am away for eight months a year and we hardly see each other . |
| 3 | I am away for four weeks . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | My designs aim to appeal to the style-conscious young , whereas yours are strictly for retired country ladies . ’ |
| 6 | Even with Concorde I 'm away for long periods nowadays . ’ |
| 7 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 8 | I came here briefly last year and found it the most comfortable of cities to walk about in , so I 'm here for two months to learn Spanish . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval . |
| 10 | Then she told him calmly , shifting her gaze slightly , ‘ I can assure you I 'm here for one reason and for one reason only … in order to help your cousin with her English . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm here for three weeks , barring accidents or terminal boredom . |
| 12 | I 'm here for some time , not forever . |
| 13 | Galactix scores 100% in all departments , now I 'm off for another game ! |
| 14 | Now I 'm two , I 'm in for two . |
| 15 | I 'm in for two . |
| 16 | Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking . |
| 17 | I 'm , there we are I 'm in for I 'm in for another two . |
| 18 | because I 'm charged exactly the same whether I 'm there for three hours or twenty minutes ! |
| 19 | Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money . |
| 20 | Actually , I could throw at the moment but I could n't afford the shoulder seizing up the next day and suddenly finding I 'm out for three months . |
| 21 | ‘ Thing is , Mo , we 're going to have plenty of time to talk now I 'm home for good . ’ |
| 22 | And now that I 'm home for good , at least my bookings abroad will be for just a week or so at a time , that 's all , well … we 're coming together . |
| 23 | Oh well , I 'm all for that . |
| 24 | In saying that go over , erm obviously I 'm all for that , but in terms of sort of holding on to what they 're doing I just had written down to mention that you know , we did n't have some sort of mechanism to , to share you know |
| 25 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 26 | I 'm all for loud singing and opposition-baiting at matches and other times , but I do n't normally Do The Dambusters , or worse still the ‘ who 's that dying on the runway ’ stuff . |
| 27 | Er , first of all I would like to say , I 'm all for Equal Opportunities . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm all for sharp manoeuvres , Gareth , but I like to be on the inside of them . ’ |
| 29 | Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks . |
| 30 | I 'm all for missing hockey — how could I not be when my class coined a special place in the team-list for me : ‘ Lipman IVb . |