Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I had been away for the weekend and David Bowie is not the most domesticated person in the world .
2 I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did !
3 They 're here for the music and to enjoy themselves . ’
4 I 'd be all for the change because there 's logic in it .
5 And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know .
6 I 'm here for the reasons that they 've gone back there , I guess .
7 ‘ I 'm here for the Expo and to promote my hotels ; and you ? ’
8 well you can have the dog , but I wo n't be here for the week if you 're having a dog
9 I mean it 's mostly for the kids or if , w when we 're travelling in the car anywhere .
10 ‘ It 's only for the players and the managers .
11 You mentioned the Saudi deal has been announced , but so far it 's only for the Tornado and not the full go ahead to .
12 That 's only for the index if you want to get one out
13 Consent in such circumstances does not have to be formally registered : it is enough for the regime that it can count , in practice , on the support and co-operation of key sectors of the population .
14 If there is enough to suggest that it is more probable that the offence took place , that is enough for the action that was taken by all the agencies involved in Orkney .
15 It follows therefore that it is enough for the prosecution if they have proved in these cases the assumption by the [ defendants ] of any of the rights of the owner of the goods in question , that is to say , the supermarket concerned , it being common ground in these cases that the other three of the four elements mentioned in Viscount Dilhorne 's speech in Reg. v. Lawrence had been fully established .
16 The boss is away for the weekend and I 'm on call .
17 She explains that her husband is away for the evening and she does n't want to return to an empty house .
18 This is just for the courtyard and these shrubs and things
19 The technology for monitoring absenteeism is there for the companies that want to take control of what can be a major expense and loss of competitive edge .
20 Talk is primarily for the participants and not for an outside audience .
21 It was enough for the Church that a corpse had been presented for burial .
22 The sale agreed and completed was thus for the land and buildings as they were at that time .
23 She was there for the reception and for the lunch .
24 They claim it has been put in the story by the early Church , during the period of the oral tradition , to show that Jesus thought his mission was primarily for the Jews and not the Gentiles .
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