Example sentences of "[be] [pron] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are yours for the asking , Hugh . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Come and fish me , the carp are yours for the taking . ’ |
| 3 | How dare you lay claim to me , as if I am yours for the taking ? ’ |
| 4 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 5 | The naming of a rose can be yours for a price . |
| 6 | It 's totally street legal , sounds as good as any cable and it could be yours for the price of a phone call . |
| 7 | and she can be you for a change , instead . ’ |
| 8 | Well when you go to your bed that 'll be you for the night , there 'll be no getting back up again . |
| 9 | All you could do deep down was to pray it would n't be you for the chop . |
| 10 | Ash is produced when the coal is burnt and has proved to be something for the salvation for many plants and animals the ash is so fine that it has to be turned into a slurry and put into the to settle out these can be up to eight years during which time it becomes none the less but an artificial mud flat quickly colonized by weeds , pioneers crucial to the complex way of life in our natural world But for bird-watchers it is the bird that attracted to these artificial mud flats that are the most exciting development within the boundaries of these power station nature reserves . |
| 11 | Erm obviously other forms of power er the , the , the water barrage in the Severn erm Estuary and the wind power is , is something but obviously er the thing with this atomic power situation , it 's got to be something for the future . |
| 12 | ‘ There may well be something for the police in the Jefferson connection . |
| 13 | Of course if a number of horses are being fed in a paddock , their feedbins should be spaced well apart and there should be one for every horse . |
| 14 | So that we 're prepared within the Rural Housing Trust to look at all these ideas , and we 've been looking at the whole question , we feel that this has got to be one for the planners , the planners must be involved in identifying where these problems lie , they 're not uniform , all across the country , er and it 's something that er we therefore need to use the planning er scenario entirely and fully in order to identify where the problem lies . |
| 15 | Then I thought that she lived in the cottage — Maria looked after her , perhaps ; or perhaps this room that was to be mine for the week-end was normally hers . |
| 16 | And that seemed to be it for the night . |
| 17 | Well you can just wait , you want you can go in mine , erm do we could do with and that would be it for the interview |
| 18 | By the time she reached the front door the house , she knew , had to be hers for the summer . |
| 19 | And the people that lived there there was were there for the season , but they would help with the harvest , so they go dyking and fencing and er r r and at the time of the shooting season they would be employed with poling man and dog man or something like that of long ago . |
| 20 | You were mine for the taking … ’ |
| 21 | Self-preservation , replies Kate the British Committee librarian feebly , I ca n't afford a breakdown , this is me for the moment , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 22 | So there is nothing for a family to be afraid of . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | well I said I would n't mind spending a week at aunty Mary 's me for a week |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ And of course the house is yours for the duration , my love . |
| 28 | There 's none for the tea urns or the washing up or … ’ her voice dropped dramatically . |
| 29 | The activities of the societies also ensure that there is something for every branch of the membership . |
| 30 | It has a light , fresh fragrance and there is something for every style . |