Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [pron] for [art] " 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 | You were mine for the taking … ’ |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | Even if she never saw him again , even if he married Dana , she was his for the rest of her life . |
| 6 | And then Lisabeth came to see what the noise was and he must have thought she was you for a minute — we had the curtains drawn , you see . |
| 7 | ‘ They are yours for the asking , Hugh . ’ |
| 8 | So it 's one for the door if ye prefer it . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As Mr Smith admitted : ‘ It was anything for a quiet life , ’ and Jennie had her way . |