Example sentences of "be [pron] you [verb] for " in BNC.
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1 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |
2 | ‘ These are what you came for , are n't they — your ledgers , a couple of files ? |
3 | I think the piano is something you have for life . |
4 | Whether preparing solo meals , feeding a family , or cooking for your own enjoyment — here 's everything you need for superb results ! |
5 | ‘ What is it you do for the Airds , our friends ? ’ he said desperately . |
6 | ‘ Vodka and orange juice — that 's what you asked for , was n't it ? |
7 | ‘ That 's what you get for sticking your dick in a plug socket . ’ |
8 | That 's what you get for buying your jewellery from a bubble gum machine . |
9 | ‘ That 's what you get for flying antiques , ’ he said unsympathetically . |
10 | The solos still grate , but at least you can get the beers in at this point without fear of missing anything serious — although Hammett has included an axe-trashing coda to his widdly-widdly section ; that 's what you get for hanging out with Nirvana . |
11 | " That 's what you get for being public-spirited . " |
12 | That 's what you use for that , to make the bacon brown , you know , yeah . |
13 | That 's what you look for , you see , you look for corcus races really and while conflict is perfectly real , and no question of that , but it tremendously easily becomes pathological and gets out of hand and a good deal of social organization consists really and how do you erm in a sense how do you keep people and societies from falling over these cliffs ? |
14 | That 's what you pray for . |
15 | If that 's what you want for the museum . |
16 | because that 's what you need for overtaking someone . |
17 | ‘ The only pressure you get is what you make for yourself . |
18 | That was all that was necessary and to proffer whatever it was , saying with great emphasis ‘ Here is what you asked for , sir ’ . |
19 | I think that man 's insane , and cunning — and the mixture of insanity and cunning is what you mistake for some deep wisdom . |
20 | Harking back to The Smiths ' early days , it is another stab at Victorian virtue : ‘ A crack on the head is what you get for asking . ’ |
21 | More simply , a crack on the head is what you get for acting in a perfectly natural manner . |
22 | PRS money is what you get for your compositions being played and performed . |
23 | The open air is what you yearn for — a pair of good walking shoes , a green thornproof , and the ability to melt into the undergrowth . |
24 | so , so lust is what you feel for the wrong one ? |
25 | Er what was it you went for , the wrestling tape or was that what it was ? |