Example sentences of "be [adv] for my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am all for my children |
| 2 | Jackie had had that all done and then I would have been in for my cup of tea . |
| 3 | I might want to poke my tongue out at those new cameras as I slow down to pass them , but deep down even I know that they 're there for my protection . |
| 4 | Low Birk Hatt Farm has always been home for my family . |
| 5 | Listening this last few weeks has , for once , been purely for my own pleasure and has embraced numerous ‘ bits and pieces ’ recordings both old ( in origin ) and brand new . |
| 6 | I told my father I was all right and I 'd be in for my dinner in an hour or so , then went back to the shed to wipe Gravel down . |
| 7 | I told the stationer I 'd be back for my parcel , and wandered on through the cold sunny streets . |
| 8 | ‘ Even if they are n't for my eyes , ’ he had added with a twinkle . |
| 9 | Apart from the ( very ) occasional disagreement with the teachers I think that I quite like school as I am here for my own benefit . |
| 10 | As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ . |
| 11 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 12 | If it were n't for my kids now I 'd be doing untold things . |
| 13 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure it was n't ; Garry is n't the brightest of men ; he 'd deceive himself into thinking I would n't try to trace him , and if it were n't for my sister I would n't bother ; the discrepancies in the accounts would be compensated for by his permanent absence from the firm . ’ |
| 15 | And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’ |
| 16 | I 'm working — being here for my jocks and engineers in a crisis situation , and it may surprise you to know that Florian is also working . ’ |
| 17 | While we 're promoting my own show and blowing my own trumpet , er this afternoon Jenny is on for my for me this afternoon . |
| 18 | It 's just for my bus , I get a bus that I think leaves at half twelve , and if I miss it there 's not another one that takes me to . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's not for my decision , sir . ’ |
| 20 | well it 's not for my house , it 's for yours |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 22 | I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary ’ . |
| 23 | Clare is out for my blood of course , poor thing , but I could n't really help that . |
| 24 | ‘ She is there for my protection . |
| 25 | There 's nowhere for my clothes . |
| 26 | He looked upwards now at the bunting stretched across the girders of the platform , then said , ‘ With a little imagination you know I could dismiss the Coronation and take it that this show of affection was all for my being twenty-one today . |
| 27 | He said he had some news , but it was only for my ears and I must keep it confidential . |
| 28 | The first thing I had to learn was that my parents ' use of guilt was not for my benefit but for theirs . |
| 29 | This was not for my protection , but for hers . |
| 30 | Nearly two years ago , I saw the type of package that really interested me BUT , of course , it was not for my computer . |