Example sentences of "be [adv] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very same women who had been all for their daughters travelling abroad seemed suddenly to get bored with the idea . |
| 2 | As the Doctor gives the conventional lore of his day , a blend of ethics and medicine : we see that we are also those ‘ deaf pillows ’ , that the masking and unmasking has been all for our sake . |
| 3 | I am all for my children |
| 4 | ‘ I am all for it if it stops the bombings , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ’ As long as the police are doing their job I am all for it . ’ |
| 6 | It had been enough for her that he was a man who thought his house a good point of departure for the Piero della Francesca trail . |
| 7 | ‘ Mere existence had never been enough for him ; he had always wanted something more . ’ |
| 8 | Mere existence had not been enough for him , in the Epilogue 's diagnosis ; he had always wanted something more . |
| 9 | Ulpian also cites another equivalent wording , ‘ the vineyards or farm are enough for you ’ ( sufficiunt tibi vineae vel fundus ) . |
| 10 | The income from the farm and lands are enough for us to live in comparative comfort without going cap-in-hand to common tradesmen . |
| 11 | Jackie had had that all done and then I would have been in for my cup of tea . |
| 12 | Jacklin had pulled up short about 50 or 60 yards from the green — just the sort of position I 'd liked to have been in for us , ; Trevino put his fourth shot through the green . |
| 13 | But then the saying adds : ‘ If I am only for myself , what am I ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 16 | Because we 've got thousands of I B I S invoices that come to us that are not for us . |
| 17 | This makes us feel very feeble , as we have friends of our age who think nothing of motoring from here to Lowestoft in the day — but such feats are not for us , though we flatter ourselves that in most respects we are in pretty good nick . |
| 18 | Terry 's theme is seasonable but his ideas are not for your living room or Christmas tree — they are for your partywear . |
| 19 | ‘ Knowing your superb taste , Uncle , it sounds as if we 're in for something of a treat , ’ Naylor replied . |
| 20 | During the silence that followed , the same thought may well have passed through every head except Ferryman 's : ‘ We 're in for it now ’ . |
| 21 | You know you 're in for it when the name of Tambimuttu appears . |
| 22 | He turned his head and glanced to where Martin was taking off his overcoat , and Martin raised his eyebrows , pursed his lips and nodded his head , the action saying , ‘ You 're in for it again , laddie . ’ |
| 23 | If you 've damaged any of my trashcans you 're in for it . ’ |
| 24 | Poor Jeff , she was thinking , you 're in for it now . |
| 25 | You 're only for me , Cassie . |
| 26 | ‘ They 're not for him , ’ she denied stiffly , ‘ they 're for me . ’ |
| 27 | If you 're not for me , you 're against me . |
| 28 | I just worry about that song because I do n't wan na be any part of kids thinking drugs are cooler than they are , 'cos they 're not for everybody . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't look at those books , ’ he tells me , when I go in to clean , ‘ they 're not for you . |
| 30 | No they 're not for you miss . |