Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] for the [noun sg] " 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 | It 's totally street legal , sounds as good as any cable and it could be yours for the price of a phone call . |
| 5 | Well when you go to your bed that 'll be you for the night , there 'll be no getting back up again . |
| 6 | All you could do deep down was to pray it would n't be you for the chop . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And that seemed to be it for the night . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | By the time she reached the front door the house , she knew , had to be hers for the summer . |
| 11 | You were mine for the taking … ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ And of course the house is yours for the duration , my love . |
| 15 | ‘ Over yon moor is a farm that 's mine for the taking . |
| 16 | All she 'll do , is she 'll sleep through to , she 'll sleep through to like six , and then get up and that 's it for the day . |
| 17 | That 's it for the back , which is surprising really , considering what the Quad-FX is capable of doing . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's it for the moment , except for one other thing . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That 's it for the moment , ’ his smile seemed to say . |
| 20 | Ah , so that 's it for the Party , though is it ? |
| 21 | Moderator I tell you what the convenor would say six four O is it for the panel to bring forward a rite or is it for the er committee on worship to bring forward rites ? |
| 22 | I said alright , how much is it for the starter motor with the solenoid built onto it like ? |
| 23 | I would like to ask , why , when there co-operation at the , the Strathclyde bus company they have buses that are running choc-a-block constantly full , but then again suddenly a bus that does n't pay its full way is taken off and people that are dependant on that bus are left without any transport , why ca n't the busy bus subsidise the bus that is n't ? , because after it its public transport , so is it a complete and utter profit that the buses are running for or is it for the convenience of the public ? because it is |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Even if she never saw him again , even if he married Dana , she was his for the rest of her life . |
| 26 | On the days he was going to see her , he woke up feeling that anything was possible , that the world was his for the asking . |
| 27 | By then , at the end of the century , the Secretary 's power was his for the taking . |
| 28 | 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 … |
| 29 | In time , the ever-increasing number of visitors had opened up an entirely new source of income for the Heymouthians , and instead of having to depend on fishing as their primary source of income , they found the tourist trade was theirs for the developing . |
| 30 | Was it for the cash ? |