Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How dare you lay claim to me , as if I am yours for the taking ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm one for the ready , Mr Five Per Cent , ’ he said to me in his amusing way . ’ |
| 3 | We will fly you both from Heathrow or Manchester to Aberdeen , where you will find a complimentary car waiting for you , and which is yours for the entire weekend . |
| 4 | You were mine for the taking … ’ |
| 5 | But the more she thought about his arrogant assumptions , his conceited certainty that she was his for the taking , the more she bristled with indignation … |
| 6 | Even if she never saw him again , even if he married Dana , she was his for the rest of her life . |
| 7 | If that bit can , you know , that 's fixed there 's nothing for the unless the tape just slides and sits |
| 8 | There 's one for the area . |
| 9 | You might as well wait yourself to see if there 's anything for the house . ’ |
| 10 | There 's none for the tea urns or the washing up or … ’ her voice dropped dramatically . |
| 11 | There is one for the work force and something called ’ Green Watch ’ on which I have had correspondence with the county director and which costs about £60,000 a year . |
| 12 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 13 | The term substantial steps is used because prior to that stage it is generally assumed that there is nothing for the offeror to disclose publicly . |
| 14 | When the adjective is one which qualifies sense , one would expect the altered phrase to have become quite useless — perhaps even to be designated as ungrammatical — precisely because such adjectives require exhibition of the properties involved in the noun in order to have their own effect , by combining with those properties ; so , if the noun or pronoun head of the phrase merely indicates entity-hood without mentioning any properties , there is nothing for the sense-qualifying adjective to work on . |
| 15 | It says , the quiz will contain some sixty questions covering general knowledge and not just railway so so that there is , not very good grammar , so that there is nothing for the family to be afraid of . |
| 16 | Always worrying you if there was something for the least . |
| 17 | It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about . |
| 18 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |
| 19 | ‘ They are yours for the asking , Hugh . ’ |
| 20 | So it 's one for the door if ye prefer it . ’ |
| 21 | Really if we , if we 're not on top of these things , then what we 're saying is that Jehovah is like saying to a high squad who lays out a beautiful meal for us and saying well there you are , it 's yours for the taking and you saying well I do n't feel like that today I 'll just have some chips down the road . |
| 22 | It is here ; it is all around : it is ours for the asking , the taking : it is the picking of the apple on the tree . |
| 23 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 24 | But , what is there for the art enthusiast in this cultural centre ? |