Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are . |
| 2 | And I was there for the erm oh about fourteen months in all with the shooting . |
| 3 | When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thunder-cloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon . |
| 4 | They but they do n't know what caused that fire er they reckon it was an electrical fault from the generator that er supplied the it was a s a fifty watt bulb in each room and there was mainly for the radio . |
| 5 | When I was nine and they were out for the evening I stayed up late to watch a horror movie and had nightmares . |
| 6 | I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time . |
| 7 | " I was followed today — and it 's not for the first time , either . " |
| 8 | It 's hot , it 's happy and it 's home for the next six weeks , along with the University Arms Hotel a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 9 | It is the law which prevails over every other form of law , and it is not for the court to say that a parliamentary enactment , the highest law in this country , is illegal . |
| 10 | The Supreme Court taxing officer takes the view that on the basis of the evidence that they have seen these figures are probably accurate and it is therefore for the paying party to show why the rates should not be applied . |
| 11 | As explained earlier when describing the model of living and the model for nursing , the 12 ALs are interrelated ; so too the body systems as categorised by the human biologists are interrelated and it is only for the purposes of description and discussion that they are dealt with separately . |
| 12 | These acts violate the ICC Code of Conduct and it is now for the referee to take action . ’ |
| 13 | With very few exceptions the rule is that Parliament determines the maximum penalty and it is then for the courts , having heard the evidence , and seen the defendant in person , and heard what can be said in mitigation on his behalf , to decide upon the appropriate punishment in all the circumstances of the case . |
| 14 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
| 15 | In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best . |
| 16 | His childhood exposure to life in the streets of a western town , still so new that most of the people who had founded it were still alive , had left him with no illusions about people or their motives , and it was always for the motive behind the question that he looked . |
| 17 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 18 | With an eye on the trend for people with time on their hands to take up neglected crafts such as paint finishing and upholstery , Parissien notes , ‘ There are lots of courses on 101 things to do with furnishing fabrics , but there 's less for the layperson about structure , about actually saving your house . ’ |
| 19 | Premier League chief Rick Parry has been invited but it is only for the 14 clubs . |
| 20 | Yeah , Swiss school but it 's only for the the old pupils . |
| 21 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 22 | So they kept on going for goals ; did n't get any , but it was n't for the lack of trying ; Southend 0 ; Oxford 3 . |
| 23 | He could n't catch the winner , Carlos Saintz , but it was n't for the lack of trying . |
| 24 | The only thing he and Rangers lacked was a goal , but it was not for the want of trying . |