Example sentences of "[verb] be [noun pl] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All those years ago after we 'd been friends for a couple of months or so ( and he 'd borrowed quite a bit more money off me ) , I confessed to him that I was being persecuted by a thug called Dudley . |
| 2 | The best you can do is silks for a jockey skullcap , but should n't we be able to buy hats covered with light or reflective materials , instead of velvet , for road use ? |
| 3 | As the mourners left the Church , there had been plans for a Spitfire to fly over in a final tribute . |
| 4 | We had been lovers for a year or so . |
| 5 | Second , in the same area , again there have been proposals for a cyclists ’ crossing of the traffic island to link Bristo Place to George Square , which should also become part of the scheme . |
| 6 | In the Planning Basis for Kent , published in 1948 , we read under Bridges , Halling : " From time to time there have been requests for a bridge at Halling to replace a very inadequate privately owned ferry service . |
| 7 | Although there have been proponents for a connection between microbial productivity and Precambrian iron deposition , the paucity of microfossils and low organic carbon content of BIFs has been seen by some to constitute strong evidence against biological involvement . |