Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination .
2 If Tim Sherwood 's long range blast in the 73rd minute had gone in instead of smacking against the bar , it would have been all up for United .
3 I will give you gifts so that you are better off for ever … " )
4 Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in
5 We 're just down for the weekend to air the place out and run the heating .
6 Yeah cos we 're always back for then .
7 ‘ Incidentally , according to this we 're both down for beds tonight .
8 I know you 're now up for another anchor job .
9 French girls are always out for something .
10 Specialist series : These programmes are usually on for a limited period and cover specialist subjects such as holidays , motoring , food and wine or industry .
11 CUT-PRICE OFFERS ARE STILL UP FOR GRABS
12 A RARE chance to launch into the glamorous word of modelling — and the opportunity to become a beauty queen — are both up for grabs .
13 Professionals and local authority employees are still moving to jobs in one of the most sought-after parts of Britain , but the blockbuster moves — 600 in the Lloyds retail banking arm into the Bristol area in 1989-91 , and 100 British Aerospace workers into the Plymouth region recently — are probably over for the immediate future .
14 As well as cups for cut flowers and floral art , prizes are also up for grabs for best vegetables and farm produce , cakes , preserves , and handicrafts .
15 McLeod-Wright went on to win another four times — he was the most prolific winner in the history of the race — and his replica trophies and medals from 1930 , 1931 and 1932 are also up for auction , together with the Commowealth marathon gold medal he won in Hamilton in 1930 .
16 Such problems are far off for Rugby 's Spiritualized , though their first LP is the toast of the rock press at the moment : a spacey , dreamy , bubbling mantra of introspection and buried tunes that is quite captivating .
17 The offices of R and B. Lettings are now up for sale .
18 Following intensive work over the past 2/3 years , standards for ‘ Coaching , teaching and instructing ’ within the Industry Lead Body for Sport and Recreation have been produced , and are now out for consultation .
19 It was going to be all over for everybody .
20 I think she has problems and look , I 'm only in for
21 I I causing you problems then I 'm only in for surveying
22 In what way will children be better off for having been to school than they would be if they had stayed at home ?
23 In fact , during pregnancy , she becomes able to ingest and utilise more of the necessary substance than is required by the child alone so that by the end of pregnancy she will be better off for such substances as nitrogen , calcium etc. than she was at the beginning .
24 Most men and women would be better off for not going to prison at all .
25 ‘ I 'm just in for a few tests , ’ he said .
26 ‘ I 'm just off for my lunch , ’ said Wexford firmly .
27 I 'm just off for my my line Doctor .
28 I 'm just off for a coffee .
29 ‘ I 'm just along for the ride , that 's all .
30 Yeah , I 'm usually in for about quarter to eight , half seven , quarter to eight
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