Example sentences of "all for [art] " in BNC.

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1 She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after .
2 ‘ That 's OK , I can deal with it ; I 'm all for a good fight , especially with you as my opponent — it keeps life from being dull .
3 It was all for a purpose , of course ; little that I do is not , one way or another .
4 I 'm all for a bit of gossip .
5 He was all for the idea , and we exchanged addresses .
6 And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best .
7 Now , I 'm all for the members of the Great British Public knowing a great deal more about the nostrums they consume , and having the information needed to help them share in deciding which are worth having and when , and which are best left to the birds .
8 This included having to study rod sizes , materials and changes in the amounts of electrical current to see how the effect depended on these , which was all for the future .
9 In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best .
10 The West Midlands and Cleveland County came up with £300,000 and £250,000 respectively , and that was all for the rest of England — a paltry £885,000 compared with the £2,325,000 raised from just twelve London boroughs .
11 I 'd be all for the change because there 's logic in it .
12 Hari 's face was pale and Emily told herself sternly that it was all for the best , together she and Hari would prosper .
13 Macmillan replied urbanely that he was all for the plan , adding :
14 ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’
15 ‘ Perhaps it was all for the best you lost the baby , Helen , ’ her mother said when Helen went to visit her .
16 The grand master of ceremonies , Amir Aslan Afshar , was all for the Shah 's keeping or selling his personal plane .
17 I 'm all for the free market economy.i Maxham hobbled into the hall .
18 ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present .
19 Come along , " Aunt Tossie was all for the fun of the fair .
20 ‘ I 'm all for the busmen ’ , he remarked decisively .
21 ‘ That 'll be all for the moment , ’ he said .
22 Owen was all for the Agreement .
23 Du n no enough about Tinkler , what about Sharp as well I 'm all for the youth team comming into the premier league side so why not try them more this year .
24 Mrs Jones was attacked at her home in the village of Hodson near Swindon all for the sake of sixty pounds .
25 I 'm all for the IFA decision to guarantee Republic match tickets only to those fans who buy seats for the Latvia game on Wednesday .
26 Personally I am all for the guilty being run to ground .
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