Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was July and still light , but most of the better-off inhabitants of this end of Sauchiehall Street were away for the summer . |
| 2 | " I 'm going to tea with Mrs. Mott , " she added , and then glancing at Jenny , " Mr. Matthew 's away for the week-end , so do n't fret about seeing him . " |
| 3 | It was the same every Friday : Abie Klugman was home for the Sabbath , always the first to return . |
| 4 | Owen was all for the Agreement . |
| 5 | Reggie Grenfell was there for the recording . |
| 6 | Although the relaying from Boscarne Junction to Wenfordbridge is principally for the movement each weekday of up to 300 tons of china clay , it is hoped that occasional steam special trains can be run to enable passengers to share the undisputed beauty and charm of this part of the Camel Valley . |
| 7 | There 's a really good guitar buried in here , but considering ( a ) the high price and ( b ) the fact that you could easily retro-fit Texas Special pickups to your very own Strat , the SRV Strat is strictly for the fanatics . |
| 8 | Although the twins were disappointed that Kerry-Jane was away for the day , on a visit to her grandmother , they happily helped with packing the picnic into the car . |
| 9 | It seems the morning flight from Glasgow is mainly for the Royal Mail and daily newspapers and the seats are normally packed in the hold . |
| 10 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 11 | Hilary 's away for the day — gone on a long hike to tune himself up , as he put it . |
| 12 | To this extent , Marxism 's universalizing narrative of the unfolding of a rational system of world history is simply a negative form of the history of European imperialism : it was Hegel , after all , who declared that ‘ Africa has no history ’ , and it was Marx who , though critical of British imperialism , concluded that the British colonization of India was ultimately for the best because it brought India into the evolutionary narrative of Western history , thus creating the conditions for future class struggle there . |
| 13 | Come along , " Aunt Tossie was all for the fun of the fair . |