Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't think they 're getting their value for money off this tape . |
| 2 | Police are renewing their appeal for help from the public . |
| 3 | By the mid-twenties , on average , most men and women will be satisfying their search for relationships through either a series of relationships or one stable relationship . |
| 4 | You 'll have to push in , they 'll not be looking your way for food . ’ |
| 5 | Myers may be mining his adolescence for material , but at the same time he 's giving a continent 's youth big-screen justification for its own sedentary existence . |
| 6 | He paused for an instant before continuing , ‘ I wo n't be contesting your claim for custody . ’ |
| 7 | Sack this tadger immediately — or I 'll be cancelling my order for Sounds . |
| 8 | Sack this tadger immediately — or I 'll be cancelling my order for Sounds . |
| 9 | We definitely wo n't be changing our sound for America . ’ |
| 10 | We definitely wo n't be changing our sound for America . ’ |
| 11 | Where this is being considered your need for care would also be assessed . |
| 12 | I 've been ringing your number for hours . ’ |
| 13 | If you 've been lightening your hair for years , this is the time to rethink your shade . |
| 14 | I think this idea that these magazines are read only by the young is totally wrong , er , elderly women go to the libraries and the Mills and Boon 's section is one of their favourite places , its got more stock there than any of the more serious fiction , so there must be something in it that is satisfying their need for romance perhaps . |
| 15 | According to Turner , it is basing its strategy for growth on further expansion into the international arena , a necessary tactic as so many of its customers are multinationals , and require global support . |
| 16 | CONVICTED Wall Street speculator Ivan Boesky , who once commanded a $1 billion war chest , is suing his wife for $1m a year in alimony to bolster his sagging finances . |
| 17 | Here in California , this sow is doing her part for erosion in the West Coast watershed . |
| 18 | She came in fourth this time , riding a horse bred by her father , who is doing his bit for tradition by breeding both the horses and the riders ! |
| 19 | Equally straitened is Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp , which reported plunging profits that were still better than forecast : it is cutting its bonus for executives by 20% in the year to March 31 1994 , Reuter reports from Tokyo , adding that it is also considering reducing bonuses for senior managers as well as stopping increases of wages of those above section manager ; the company sees intense competition . |
| 20 | The first quarter is not even over yet , but already Merrill Lynch & Co analyst Daniel Mandresh is lowering his estimate for IBM Corp 's 1993 earnings ( before the inevitable charges ) — and yes , his forecast has gotten from rotten to worse : he is now going for a range of 50 cents to $1.00 a share from a previous $1 to $1.50 , saying poor mainframe sales continue to overshadow the improvements in other areas . |
| 21 | In addition , the company is extending its support for tennis by sponsoring LTA Rover squad coach , Ian Barclay . |
| 22 | But they 'll only be able to do that when she 's hungry and she 's lost her appetite for freedom . |
| 23 | As leader of Germany 's opposition Social Democrats , he should have been rallying his party for battle against a tired , 11-year-old government in a general election in 1994 . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been practising my serve for weeks . |
| 25 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 26 | France said on Nov. 28 that it was recalling its ambassador for consultations . |
| 27 | Edward agreed to renounce his claim to the French crown , while John was to abandon his demand for sovereignty over the lands ceded to the English . |
| 28 | Moscow 's main response to such attempts to apply reverse influence was to intensify its search for access elsewhere , especially in Syria . |
| 29 | The troops had tears in their eyes as Des was awarded his medal for pet of the year . |
| 30 | In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise . |