Example sentences of "[pers pn] be for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am for King Stephen . ’ |
| 2 | " Miriam , " she said instead , " I can not tell you how worried I am for Harry . |
| 3 | I 'm for Shrewsbury , I know where I can get a horse there ’ |
| 4 | In 1970 President Nixon affirmed ‘ we are for Israel because Israel in our view is the only state in the Mideast which is pro-freedom and an effective opponent to Soviet expansion . ’ |
| 5 | We 'd been saying how awful it was , how sorry we were for Connie . |
| 6 | No cam buttons are pressed when weaving , as they are for Fair Isle , tuck , and so on . |
| 7 | I know what they 're for Chris , but I do n't know what he 's doing with them . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're for Rob 's wedding … ’ |
| 9 | They 're for Dee to take back to University |
| 10 | At least she did n't think so ; she used to scold Constanza for saying they were rich , when of course they were for Italy . |
| 11 | If she had any misgivings , they were for Matthew . |
| 12 | Just inside the hallway , behind the speaker grille and the numbered bell-pushes , there was a shelf with a few pieces of mail ; a couple of them were for Carson but they were junk mail , expensive waste paper from a motoring organisation . |
| 13 | Safety from Angel One , whom he felt sure had intended to kill them , had n't it been for Grant 's timely arrival . |
| 14 | How will it be for Andrew when the maniac killer is caught ? |
| 15 | ‘ It 's for Disneyland , ’ Claire says . |
| 16 | It 's for Oxford University to use . |
| 17 | It 's for Ruth — she 's in the London Hospital , in Whitechapel Road . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's for Dr Kent . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's for Troy . |
| 20 | It 's for Linda . |
| 21 | It 's for Janet Johnson … |
| 22 | it 's for Russell . |
| 23 | " It 's for Mr Rayne , sir . " |
| 24 | No it 's for Mr . |
| 25 | Deliberately , she said , ‘ It 's for Tony . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway she left twelve pence on the floor and Gary says whose is this money , said you leave it there , it 's for Enid 's no nobody touch this chuffing twelve pence . |
| 27 | I do n't mind dancing with girls when it 's for Jamie , though one time with one tall lassie he wanted us both to go outside so he could kiss her . |
| 28 | Clearly , it is for United Kingdom manufacturers to compete as subcontractors for the work that will be placed out by Harland and Wolff . |
| 29 | Egypt is leading the way for Heinemann as it is for Longman , which describes the country as a ‘ star market ’ . |
| 30 | higher than this year , but it is for Derbyshire to decide its level of spending and priorities between services . |