Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] for one [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was looking for one hole . |
2 | There are also a number of trophies which are held for one year ; the Willis Graham Cup is awarded for the champion berry in the show , judged solely by weight . |
3 | The first group of three do not keep newspapers or magazines in hard copy at all except for the specialist journals which are retained for one year . |
4 | Although originally the Roman calendar began in the spring on 1 March ( as reflected in our names for the months September to December ) , the consuls , who were elected for one year , in 153 BC began to take office on 1 January . |
5 | So we 're looking for one person . |
6 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |
7 | They 're looking for one sort of nice house to sort of show them more or less . |
8 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
9 | They were incubated for one hour at 4°C , with a series of PT-gliadin IgG rabbit antibodies ( 0.07 mg/ml , 0.028 mg/ml , 0.014 mg/ml ) diluted with phosphate buffered saline , pH 7.4 . |
10 | A Week in Politics has been put out by Channel 4 for a number of years , but it was adapted to be the channel 's weekly round-up programme on Parliament ; it is broadcast for one hour on Sundays at 10 am . |
11 | It is designed for one party to put forward a proposition which the other party denies or opposes . |
12 | Why all of them if he 's searching for one slave ? ’ |
13 | Last night it was shown for one night only at a charity screening for St. Edward 's School in Oxford . |
14 | In 1955 he was employed for one week by Douglas Fairbanks Limited at Elstree as a cover director , British cover director on a T V film that was being directed by an American . |