Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 2 | He had seen how entirely wrong it had been for him to have assumed that Beatrice Throgmorton would look twice at him . |
| 3 | Hours passed and the wind worsened to the strongest it had been for days . |
| 4 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |
| 5 | He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer . |
| 6 | I can have one of these now I 've been the worst I 've been for about six months I really ! |
| 7 | He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted . |
| 8 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 9 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 11 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 12 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
| 13 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 14 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 16 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 17 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 18 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 19 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 20 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 21 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 22 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 23 | All you want is for things |
| 24 | Now all we need is for The Stone Roses to resume their proper business ( which is making records ) and clear away all the current rubbish in the chart ( That would surely mean that The Stone Roses would have to release 100 singles which would all have to chart . |
| 25 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 26 | Otherwise all we want is for her to have fun , and to enjoy happiness and health . ’ |
| 27 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 28 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 29 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 30 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |