Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " But I 'm for it . " |
| 2 | Or maybe you can say that Mellor wanted to be the captain , but she was for sure the admiral . |
| 3 | I 'm sure you do but they 're for later . |
| 4 | Because , although Jesus was speaking to the people there , his words were not just for them , but they 're for us as well and these are conversations that we can well eavesdrop on and learn something , I 'm sure , for our benefit . |
| 5 | You know the egg cups , I thought the egg cups were for the conservatory here but they 're for the conservatory in Fulham . |
| 6 | They may seem inconvenient , but they are for your own safety . |
| 7 | But they are for ever moving and , where they meet in head-on collision , in what is known as a subduction zone , they produce one of the great geological dramas of the planet . |
| 8 | ‘ But they was for goose and plum pudding , ’ protested the nipper , near to tears . |
| 9 | did n't he years ago and the big kids sort of , well not torment him , but he 's for the fun you know |
| 10 | Come here to see me if you will ; mother asks you , and I want you , but it is for you to come or not as you feel best , or as you like . |
| 11 | Inside there is more marble , — the marbled floor is very good — but it is for its art that the interior is famous . |
| 12 | But it is for you already , any fool can see you 're in no shape to continue . |
| 13 | The changes of the 1990s pose an urgent challenge for the whole personnel function in planning for recruitment and retention , pay flexibility and increased employee expectations , but it is for management development specialists , within the wider personnel function , constantly to remind task-driven managers of Metzger 's words , quoted by Glascott , ‘ people breathe life into programmes ’ ( Glascott , 1990 ) . |
| 14 | Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him . |
| 15 | But it is for the mother to decide whether she has pain relief . |
| 16 | — But it is for his gift of sympathy and understanding for the teachers who worked with him which far exceeded his obligation that I shall largely remember him . |
| 17 | I know it seems a little bit i idealistic , do n't know what the word is I want but it is for warning |
| 18 | The specimen may be of blood or urine , but it is for me to decide which . |
| 19 | Little beechwood board looks like a butter pat , but it is for chopping garlic . |
| 20 | ‘ Call it a wedding gift , ’ he advised harshly , ‘ but it is for you alone , not a thing to share with your future husband . |
| 21 | higher than this year , but it is for Derbyshire to decide its level of spending and priorities between services . |
| 22 | Local education authorities have considerable flexibility to provide additional assistance to small primary schools , through the small school protection factor , but it is for each authority to devise its own scheme and to choose its priorities within that scheme in the light of local needs . |
| 23 | In England , no such evidence has come forward , but it is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide whether he is convinced by the evidence . |
| 24 | Not only were there also one or two very old statutes to which resort could be made , but the common law of conspiracy was generally held to preclude collective actions designed to harm employers ' interests : " it is not the denial to work except for more wages than is allowed by statute , but it is for a conspiracy to raise their wages , for which these defendants are indicted " , concluded a famous judgement against some striking tailors of Cambridge in 1721 . |
| 25 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 26 | I do n't know when it 's for , but it is for when , that 's what it 's called , you get a list and it is sort of ante |
| 27 | Many different types on the market , but when you actually start to look into them , erm , they reveal a few things , you can see by this one it 's a fairly old one , but it is for for demo purposes only , this is one by Polycell , it 's battery operated in a plastic cases and it 's handy because it 's got a torch but when you actually put the alarm on it goes my gadget 's not working really . |
| 28 | ‘ No , no , well yes , she would like to meet you , but it 's for the medicine , ’ said Endill . |
| 29 | It 's a glove , but it 's for covering the hand . |
| 30 | It 's a stable , but it 's for horses . |