Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same every Friday : Abie Klugman was home for the Sabbath , always the first to return . |
| 2 | Owen was all for the Agreement . |
| 3 | Reggie Grenfell was there for the recording . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Come along , " Aunt Tossie was all for the fun of the fair . |
| 7 | Ms McCarthy was out for the evening with a friend , Stacey Gallacher , when they heard that acid house partygoers were meeting on Clapham Common . |