Example sentences of "be [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
| 2 | ‘ Come and fish me , the carp are yours for the taking . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They are yours for the asking , Hugh . ’ |
| 4 | How dare you lay claim to me , as if I am yours for the taking ? ’ |
| 5 | Swamps of wild rush-beds and sloughs ' squashy traces , Grounds of rough fallows with thistle and weed , Flats and low vallies of kingcups and daisies , Sweetest of subjects are ye for my reed : Ye commons left free in the rude rags of nature , Ye brown heaths beclothed in furze as ye be , My wild eye in rapture adores every feature , Ye are dear as this heart in my bosom to me . |
| 6 | Thank you , they 're yours for one eighty and that 's for number six one two . |
| 7 | ‘ How strapped are you for cash ? ’ |
| 8 | Tony Parsons asks the new Warhol : Are you for real ? |
| 9 | In Latvia voters were asked : " Are you for a democratic and independent Latvian republic ? " |
| 10 | Now , how are you for meat ? |
| 11 | How are you for er , do you want one of everything ? |
| 12 | . Where are you for teaching practice ? |
| 13 | How concerned are you for their safety ? |
| 14 | What are we for ? |
| 15 | It 'd be me for it , me and Mr Paviour and his lordship — ah , and in that order ! |
| 16 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 17 | It 's totally street legal , sounds as good as any cable and it could be yours for the price of a phone call . |
| 18 | The Fat Slags can be yours for £10m , says editor Chris Donald . |
| 19 | The disposal programme comprises assets of over £500m and the Ritz in Piccadilly , Mecca for the internationally wealthy , could be yours for £100 m . |
| 20 | IT looks more like an obelisk than a hotel , but if you 're looking for the unusual and eccentric , the 218-ft Sway Tower piercing the New Forest skyline could be yours for £1million . |
| 21 | Upon arrival at Aberdeen Airport your COMPLIMENTARY CAR will be awaiting you … and will be yours for the entire weekend to use as you please . |
| 22 | They can all be yours for only £1.99 , plus £1.99 towards postage and packing , as your introduction to this invaluable children 's book club . |
| 23 | When Saturday Comes is Britain 's leading alternative football magazine , and its next 12 humorous , nostalgic , yet incisive monthly issues can be yours for the almost insignificant fee of £11 ( including postage ) . |
| 24 | A Cyberman could be yours for just £1,000 . |
| 25 | The nameplate Preston Guild which can be yours for the highest bid . |
| 26 | Unix International is circulating a monstrously hefty tome cataloguing the 5,500-odd software applications under Unix SVR4 , a compilation of products and services from over 2,400 companies : The Product Catalogue can be yours for $15 plus shipping and handling . |
| 27 | I 'd suggest to him that at least the place should be yours for life ; let the young man have it on your death . |
| 28 | This shall be yours for life and for the lives of any children you may happen to have . |
| 29 | A Jaguar of the same vintage is down to just £7,000 , and an H-registration Ford Scorpio 2.0i automatic which currently costs £18,000 could be yours for a mere £6,850. depreciation of more than £5,000 a year , or £100 per week . |
| 30 | This bronze bust of Maxwell can be yours for an expected five hundred pounds . |