Example sentences of "i [vb base] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 2 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 4 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 5 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 6 | ‘ What I want is for us to talk long and hard , and now , ’ she declared , and , swivelling on her heel , she marched back into the house . |
| 7 | The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians . |
| 8 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 9 | In anticipation of receiving your contract within the next few days , I am requesting a copy of the tape according to your specifications , which I understand are for UNIX on Sun/4 at 6250 bpi . |
| 10 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted . |
| 12 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 13 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 14 | Everything I do is for them . |
| 15 | Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis |
| 16 | That look I think was for when he next meets Gareth Gilcock . |
| 17 | Besides being ‘ colourful ’ they advertise records which I presume are for sale in Liverpool shops and various events such as the wonderful ‘ Festival of Comedy ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 19 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 22 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 24 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I took it up as a form of exercise in Germany , where I 've been for the past two years , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 26 | I 'm just getting now because erm erm I 've been for an aud not an audition . |
| 27 | I 've been for an interview with Mencap . |
| 28 | Just even I 've been for a wee ! |
| 29 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 30 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |