Example sentences of "but they [be] for " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm sure you do but they 're for later . |
2 | Because , although Jesus was speaking to the people there , his words were not just for them , but they 're for us as well and these are conversations that we can well eavesdrop on and learn something , I 'm sure , for our benefit . |
3 | You know the egg cups , I thought the egg cups were for the conservatory here but they 're for the conservatory in Fulham . |
4 | They may seem inconvenient , but they are for your own safety . |
5 | But they are for ever moving and , where they meet in head-on collision , in what is known as a subduction zone , they produce one of the great geological dramas of the planet . |
6 | ‘ But they was for goose and plum pudding , ’ protested the nipper , near to tears . |