Example sentences of "[be] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Latvia voters were asked : " Are you for a democratic and independent Latvian republic ? " |
| 2 | There has n't been one for a long time and that 's all I can say . |
| 3 | You 've always been one for a quiet life , have n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've never been one for a sweet wine Never . ’ |
| 5 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The naming of a rose can be yours for a price . |
| 8 | This bronze bust of Maxwell can be yours for an expected five hundred pounds . |
| 9 | and she can be you for a change , instead . ’ |
| 10 | He was a guy who could be something for a brief period of time and then he vanished like the spirit he was impersonating . |
| 11 | One important caveat to the E. F. Loftus and Burns study is that the test of memory could be considered to be one for a peripheral detail . |
| 12 | The ‘ minimalist ’ manages to travel the world with everything packed into a small shoulder bag , and yet she always seems to have le vêtement juste — be it for a river-rafting trip , an ascent of an extinct volcano or an embassy garden party . |
| 13 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 14 | So there is nothing for a family to be afraid of . |
| 15 | well I said I would n't mind spending a week at aunty Mary 's me for a week |
| 16 | And they say that 's plenty for a healthy business . |
| 17 | The other connection that you might want to make to the rising main is one for an instantaneous gas water heater or electric shower , which need mains pressure , or one of the devices which alter the quality of the water — a softener , conditioner or filter , say . |
| 18 | The scheme is one for an imaginatively landscaped , artificial but natural-looking , additional channel to parallel the Thames . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's one for a Brigitte Schickert , née Krone , who was living in Dornhausen . |
| 20 | What continued role , if any , is there for a disabled workers ' quota ? |
| 21 | Is it for a refund or |
| 22 | Yeah , is it for a gauge ? |
| 23 | No life that though is it for a younger person ? |
| 24 | Is it for a charity ? |
| 25 | Is it for a nice , Brian-type P R interview , in which case you think , ‘ Oh good , that probably means about ten minutes ? |
| 26 | and there 's , there 's nowt for a meal when I come back . |
| 27 | there 's nowt for a meal , you 've still got to go to Coplands |
| 28 | and yet he comes back and there 's nowt for a meal , and there 's hardly any change ! |
| 29 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 30 | And then Lisabeth came to see what the noise was and he must have thought she was you for a minute — we had the curtains drawn , you see . |