Example sentences of "am [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 I am all for sharing , but am not interested in running a commune .
2 While I am all for buying British , very little of what we buy here today is entirely British .
3 ‘ I am all for it if it stops the bombings , ’ he said .
4 ‘ I am all for change , ’ he says .
5 I am all for my children
6 I am all for peace .
7 I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible .
8 Chapter 10 comes back from Utopia — and I am all for Utopia — to the question of ‘ How is it to be done ? ’
9 I am all for patriotism and international competition — the more feeling , the better .
10 ’ As long as the police are doing their job I am all for it . ’
11 Personally I am all for the guilty being run to ground .
12 But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’
13 ‘ 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 .
14 ‘ I am away for eight months a year and we hardly see each other .
15 What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ?
16 I am away for four weeks .
17 I am here for about a fortnight whilst you settle in .
18 I am here for one year .
19 Sub-text : ‘ I am here for you , to act as a sounding board expressing empathy .
20 ‘ What I am here for today is something completely different .
21 I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are .
22 " I am here for the by-election , Mrs Adeane .
23 I am here for the truth ! ’
24 Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit .
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