Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very same women who had been all for their daughters travelling abroad seemed suddenly to get bored with the idea . |
| 2 | As the Doctor gives the conventional lore of his day , a blend of ethics and medicine : we see that we are also those ‘ deaf pillows ’ , that the masking and unmasking has been all for our sake . |
| 3 | I am all for my children |
| 4 | Jackie had had that all done and then I would have been in for my cup of tea . |
| 5 | Terry 's theme is seasonable but his ideas are not for your living room or Christmas tree — they are for your partywear . |
| 6 | I think animals that are used for human entertainment definitely deserve a better deal , for example , large wi wild animals that are used in circuses , we have n't got the right , as people , to say that they 're here for our entertainment . |
| 7 | When you take them back they 're there for their inspection . |
| 8 | I do n't know er why we 're not more continually erm more on the case as far as our members of parliament are concerned because remember they 're there for our benefit and front page of the Daily Mirror this morning . |
| 9 | I might want to poke my tongue out at those new cameras as I slow down to pass them , but deep down even I know that they 're there for my protection . |
| 10 | But our focus is primarily upon people , not places as such ; the male survivors of the next generation of Titfords succeeded in wrenching themselves away from the town which had been home for their ancestors for over a hundred and seventy years — and we have no choice but to follow them . |
| 11 | Low Birk Hatt Farm has always been home for my family . |
| 12 | Trade editors are often for their opinion of an organisation or for the of suppliers , and if the relevant editors know your company well it could be your company which gets the recommendations . |
| 13 | Listening this last few weeks has , for once , been purely for my own pleasure and has embraced numerous ‘ bits and pieces ’ recordings both old ( in origin ) and brand new . |
| 14 | Even while it was registering on her from the newspapers in his hands that he was no lie-a-bed but was up and had been out for his paper , he was taking in the damp , startled look of her and , feigning surprise himself , ‘ It 's a mermaid ! ’ he declared . |
| 15 | From now on , her thoughts and efforts would be entirely for her daughter . |
| 16 | I told my father I was all right and I 'd be in for my dinner in an hour or so , then went back to the shed to wipe Gravel down . |
| 17 | He 'll be in for his tea directly . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Henri will be home for his supper at six o'clock and I have to do the shopping . ’ |
| 19 | He is buying a farm house along with several acres of ground , but the riding will be strictly for his children . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll be up for his tea . ’ |
| 21 | What was it about him , that he only had to be near for her natural calm professionalism to fly out of the window ? |
| 22 | In a couple of hours ' time , the kids would be out of school and dogs would be out for their last daylight walks . |
| 23 | Adisa 's will be back for her first birthday in March . |
| 24 | Adisa 's will be back for her first birthday in March . |
| 25 | I told the stationer I 'd be back for my parcel , and wandered on through the cold sunny streets . |
| 26 | ‘ Darling , you know very well he 's got to be back for his night round . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I promised Marie-Christine I 'd be here for her wedding . |
| 28 | ‘ The meadow , the woods and the old oak will still be here for our children and grandchildren to enjoy . ’ |
| 29 | Yes tomorrow morning Bruce Fern will be here for our monthly antiques and collectibles phone-in . |
| 30 | ‘ I wo n't be here for your wedding , love , ’ she whispered . |