Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] for a " in BNC.

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1 I am prepared for a partition that will not put me to shame before the Arabs ’ they reported him as saying , and he assured me of them , Golda Meir , ‘ that he would not attack the partitioned Jewish State but that he would annex [ Arab ] Palestine . ’
2 I 'm known for a particular dish : snails with nettle sauce .
3 My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children .
4 Then I was summoned for a talk : ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll get this man you suspect in for interrogation and the truth will triumph ’ .
5 Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village .
6 Perhaps because I was taken for a Jew .
7 So I was particularly pleased to find at one point , when I 'd indulged in a lengthy photo session , that the rest of the party had gone over the brow and out of sight and I was left for a while with the world to myself .
8 But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could .
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