Example sentences of "and [noun pl] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 2 | Whole concepts , whole reorganizations of thought swam drunkenly through her head , and lurched and revolved like the drowned woman and her orange : she no longer knew what gardens and houses were for , and their distinctions , once clear , had grown confused . |
| 3 | Parkside pit camp mugs , T-shirts and badges are for sale , and a limited edition commemorative plate has been produced . |
| 4 | Derelict land is resilient , robust and interesting , providing private areas that are so necessary to children — land to dirt-track on which cowboys and indians are for real , and ponds to sail boats that never do . |
| 5 | An interviewee of the Holman group observed , ‘ My experience as a child care officer was that some of the worst adoption breakdowns and problems were for kids in their adolescence . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The filters were washed to 2 SSC , 0.1% SDS at 65°C and autoradiographies were for 2 days . |
| 8 | Health services exist for the benefit of patients , not doctors ; schools and colleges are for students , not for teachers or administrators . |
| 9 | And Polos are for girlie 's — so such on that ! |
| 10 | The shampoo and combs are for white people 's hair ; they do n't have Black combs . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never been one for doctors , and hospitals were for visiting other people , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture . |
| 13 | And stickers are for the windows . |
| 14 | In the modern age , institutions outside the family have been created to administer public affairs and women were for a long time expressly excluded . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Speeches , TV events , Senate hearing , newsclips and interviews are for real . |