Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 2 | ‘ On a machine that no nome has been on for fifteen thousand years ? ’ said Masklin . |
| 3 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 4 | it 's been on for about the past month |
| 5 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 6 | Oh do n't it 's only been on for about er , the last half an hour it 's not it 's a cross a crucifix is got bigger on it . |
| 7 | Well if it 's frozen there 's no way so er I rang up Mobil you see in and the fellow said oh if it 's been on for s you know few years he said , take your calliper off , put it in the vice and just lever it back that 's what we do |
| 8 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 9 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 10 | So typical , is n't it , that when you go to see plays , you always like , dashing to the last minute to try and get tickets and been on for like , two months . |
| 11 | not been on for ages . |
| 12 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 13 | The Russian did not think he could have been dead for long . |
| 14 | It is rarely a main source of income ( for 4 per cent of lone parents in 1987 ) , the amounts awarded are generally low , they are mostly for children rather than spouses and payments are frequently unreliable . |
| 15 | Novell 's network products are mostly for PCs , but the next few years will see them move into the traditional minicomputer market with support for a number of minicomputer systems , thus re-enforcing their dominance . |
| 16 | A barn owl 's body feathers are mostly for warmth , while the wing and tail feathers are used for flight . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 18 | Lighting is by a 20W Triton and a 20W Gro-lux and these are on for ten hours a day . |
| 19 | The lights are on for twelve hours a day , and filtration is by two Fluval 4s . |
| 20 | IT HAS been downhill for the past 13 months at Bond Corporation ever since the Lonrho chief , Tiny Rowland , unleashed his first poisoned arrow . |
| 21 | Not all of these differences are necessarily for the worse , but the last four mentioned clearly are . |
| 22 | Until recently , CHP systems — combined heat and power , also called co-generation — have been only for large hotels and have meant high capital outlays . |
| 23 | He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school . |
| 24 | She knew intuitively Babylon had been only for one night . |
| 25 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 26 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 27 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 28 | The very same women who had been all for their daughters travelling abroad seemed suddenly to get bored with the idea . |
| 29 | As the Doctor gives the conventional lore of his day , a blend of ethics and medicine : we see that we are also those ‘ deaf pillows ’ , that the masking and unmasking has been all for our sake . |
| 30 | Harry had been all for building a full-blown ship of three hundred tons or more , with four masts , three decks , two castles and ten brass pieces into the bargain , but Sam Gristy had insisted upon a more modest outlay , and a three-masted bark had been agreed upon . |