Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 2 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 3 | In a bedroom you 're looking for something at one ninety nine or two ninety nine . |
| 4 | Well I 'm finishing me tape she 's coming for it in the morning . |
| 5 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 6 | The market for New York real estate is very soft , compared with the rent we are paying for our Tokyo gallery ’ . |
| 7 | Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her . |
| 8 | Hands tightly clenched , Gina broke into the slow , seductive future he was forecasting for them . |
| 9 | At a later interview he was asked for what the Nobel had been awarded ; Eliot replied that he assumed it was for " the entire corpus " and the reporter asked , " When did you publish that ? " |
| 10 | FIRST BLOOM DIANA 'S latest outing in the original dress , a favourite which was made for her in 1988 . |
| 11 | If a child is aged under 2 then any provision which is made for him/her by the LEA is stated to be special educational provision ; in the case of a child aged 2 or over it is ‘ educational provision which is additional to , or otherwise different from , the educational provision made generally for children of that age in schools maintained by the LEA ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I need your brother back even sooner than that — though perhaps I 'd better not say what fate I 'm planning for him . ’ |
| 13 | It is arguable , with some hope of success , that we can speak of a choice or a decision as an effect and not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance which was required for it , and speak of an action as an effect and need not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance that was — roughly speaking — prior in time to the agent 's initial neurophysiological activity . |
| 14 | She says in her calm , posh voice that this is fine , and continues to stir the curry she is making for their evening meal . |
| 15 | Hercules was a strong , courageous hero who was known for his indulgence for food and drink as well as for his strength and heroic deeds . |
| 16 | Living at home it was arranged for her . |
| 17 | Since 1978 , anyone in receipt of child benefit , supplementary benefit or income support who is caring for someone in one of the eligible categories starred above is automatically credited with HRP . |
| 18 | Is that your money you 're buying for your house ? |
| 19 | That the Church in the form in which it was re-established eventually survived the Puritan onslaught was to a large extent due to the philosophical and historical basis which was provided for it with formidable learning by Richard Hooker . |
| 20 | Public opinion does not go unheeded , and disabled people are not the only group which is asking for its own wishes and opinions to be recognised . |
| 21 | " I suppose it 's all right , this job she 's found for herself . " |
| 22 | Its seven years since the American band Dr Hook split up : now the lead singer from the group who were known for their naked encores is back on the road . |
| 23 | The police have sor , have got a copy of our emergency evacuation procedures , at the moment we 're waiting for them to return it to us . |
| 24 | her questions had been more curious than tender and even when she had touched his cheek it was to prove for herself that no bruising remained . |
| 25 | That day he came into Frank Green 's shop he was looking for me , and his seeing me with you nearly blew the whole thing . |
| 26 | But when she opened the door of her room he was waiting for her . |
| 27 | With the increasing irritation I was feeling for my lover , I was faced with the realization that the early promise of happiness infinitely extended was dramati-cally receding . |
| 28 | Furthermore , of course , there are the benefits — with which you are already familiar — of the personal service which is reserved for our most valued local customers . |
| 29 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 30 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |