Example sentences of "[conj] you [verb] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it 's an exercise that you 've been asking for . |
| 2 | The , the direct debits that you 've been paying for years but you 're not sure where they go to , that sort of thing ? |
| 3 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to advise that you have been selected for interview . |
| 4 | Further to your recent interview for the above post , I am pleased to advise that you have been selected for short-list interview . |
| 5 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for interview . |
| 6 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 7 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |
| 8 | The trouble was , once you 'd been driving for that long , you drove right through your tiredness and out into a dreamland where only the road was moving . |
| 9 | • AA Hospital Plus provides full insurance cover for pre-existing medical conditions , once you have been covered for two years without a recurrence . |
| 10 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 11 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 12 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 13 | You are entitled to a written statement of the reasons for your dismissal if you have been employed for two years or more . |
| 14 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 15 | You learn by doing , because you have been talking for a long time . |
| 16 | Additionally , if you have received treatment or advice for a medical condition during the 2 years before taking up the Hospital Income Plan , your cover for the condition commences after you have been insured for 24 months or if you are admitted to hospital for that condition during this period then as soon after the 24 months as you have been free of in-patient treatment for 12 months . |
| 17 | After you have been walking for about ten minutes take your pulse . |
| 18 | In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there . |
| 19 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 20 | It is perfectly in order to ask for a copy of the annual report , the balance sheet and any other promotional material as soon as you have been called for interview , or even beforehand . |