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

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1 Youth , when death has no reality ( she does n't mean fear of death , children can have that ) , and our actions and pleasures are for their own sake , for what they are now and new .
2 Gladstone , Cobden and Bright were for it .
3 Whatever their differences , the two queens had one quality in common : Mary , like Elizabeth , sensed that the best way to win her subjects ' affection and loyalty was for her to be seen moving among them .
4 Through it all runs the most noble assumption — that no human need be daunted by the stature even of a genius such as Shakespeare , that his wisdoms and magics are for us all and that Johnson himself is an eager and willing guide .
5 ‘ Attlee might be , but Bevin and Dalton are for it , ’ Nevil countered .
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