Example sentences of "and [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | These acts violate the ICC Code of Conduct and it is now for the referee to take action . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |