Example sentences of "this be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 2 | I 'll tell you this too , and this is for nothing , somebody dumped that boy right in the shit , somebody dropped him in the shit from a great old height . |
| 3 | ‘ This is for her own safety , as much as anything else . |
| 4 | Having received three quotes from three different companies , I wanted the company chosen to agree that they would n't exceed a certain price and they have confirmed that the mower we 've chosen will not exceed eighteen thousand six hundred and sixty eight pounds and this is for everything , this is the mower including the new cab erm and all the fittings that we wanted included on mower . |
| 5 | ‘ This is for everyone who thinks I ca n't play , ’ Levi said into a CBS camera after nailing a 3-iron into the last green to ensure his two-stroke victory . |
| 6 | Ca n't you see how miserable he is , how difficult all this is for him ? |
| 7 | The point of his advice is not just to authorise " medeled liyf " which the lord is anyhow pursuing : He can cut from one kind of state to the other with joy ; this is for him precisely how love is to be ordained . |
| 8 | Doing something you like , if you can give yourself half an hour , or an hour , you know just say this is for me , and for me only . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you sure that this is for me , Joe ? ’ |
| 10 | One way of addressing this is for me to continue to highlight some of the views of colleagues who have not , in the public mind at least , been closely associated with the anti-Federalist cause and several of whom were not , for instance , among the eighty-odd Conservative Members who signed one or both of the ‘ Fresh Start ’ Motions . |
| 11 | ‘ And this is for me . ’ |
| 12 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 13 | You pick it up and you thumb through and you think , you look at a headline , you look at a picture , you first look at a first paragraph and you think , ‘ This is , this is for me . ’ |
| 14 | This is for what ? |
| 15 | This is for what ? |
| 16 | But what an excellent development this is for their health . |
| 17 | Some parents have inappropriate expectations for their child 's level of development and may just require some help in understanding and acknowledging what their child is able to do and how appropriate this is for their age . |
| 18 | Gushing statements to the young person about how this is for their own good , or ‘ this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you ’ ( attitudes which are still prevalent ) are quite unhelpful , virtually damaging in fact . |
| 19 | So this is for them . |
| 20 | This is for them tomorrow |
| 21 | ‘ This is for us , Nathan , you and me . |
| 22 | ‘ That was for you ; this is for us , ’ he murmured indistinctly and took her mouth , exploring it with a passion that Paige returned twofold , arousing a mutual need for satisfaction . |
| 23 | If you enjoy your food and do n't want to eat less , but do want to lose weight and reduce the risk of heart disease , this is for you . |
| 24 | ‘ Surely this is for you , ’ I answered . |
| 25 | If you do — or you know someone who does , then this is for you . |
| 26 | This is for you to include other outgoings that you want to make sure you have catered for . |
| 27 | ‘ By the way , this is for you . ’ |
| 28 | When Mahmoud came in with a radio playing and said , ‘ Tirry , this is for you , ’ there was a moment 's hush while we all thought , ‘ It must be a joke . ’ |
| 29 | " All this is for you , " Gabriel said to the second brother . |
| 30 | ‘ This is for you , ’ he said , picking it up and offering it to her . |