Example sentences of "all for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was all for England 's democracy and against any form of union with Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man , for which he seemed to have a particular dislike as " a nucleus of Celtic imagery " . |
| 2 | I am all for peace . |
| 3 | I am all for patriotism and international competition — the more feeling , the better . |
| 4 | It was all for Marguerite 's sake . |
| 5 | Now I 'm all for traditions . |
| 6 | I 'm all for women 's lib . ’ |
| 7 | Once a week , Aunt Margaret defied the banging , popping , gangrenous , gas-flaring monster of the bathroom geyser all for Victoria 's sake , to give her a bath in three inches of snot-green , brackish , warmish water , which took ten minutes to trickle from the geyser 's brutish snout into the tub . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm all for change . |
| 9 | ‘ I am all for change , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Oh , he talked about deals and the market , but it was all for effect . |
| 11 | Rumour said it was all for show , to ward off the office wolves . |
| 12 | A careful balance of commercial and passenger vehicles resulted in the choice of a bakers van , butchers cart and fire engine representing commerce and public service , with a brougham , hansom cab and pony phaeton all for passenger service . |
| 13 | Chapter 10 comes back from Utopia — and I am all for Utopia — to the question of ‘ How is it to be done ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm all for gossip . ’ |