Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [be] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next thing I got was an order for twenty of them . |
| 2 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 4 | I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners ! |
| 5 | How vain I feel is an attempt for me with all my weight of immorality and worry and dull ( not bad ) health to sweeten you who are so pure and without care and of bright health . |
| 6 | There is always a great temptation erm to say ‘ well the City centre is such a complicated area , we should try and get absolutely everything right before we move forward ’ and that I think is a recipe for endless delay , because it 's so complicated , it 's really difficult to get everything right . |
| 7 | I think that the new settlement erm should be as close to York erm city as can be achieved , the erm question of the detailed location er I think is a matter for erm discussion on the basis of the other planning policy guidance erm criteria which I have n't explored terms of the locational criteria , what I was seeking to do in my comments was erm to counter a point which has been made er by the C P R E which refers to new settlements as an engine of growth , now that 's not the purpose of this new settlement , it is a response to the needs of meeting Greater York , and I do n't see any reason why that 's less likely to be achieved if it 's South South West of York , than anywhere else around the circumference of York . |
| 8 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 9 | She rejected his false offering and informed him coolly , ‘ I 've been a widow for many years . |
| 10 | I 've been a skinhead for eight years . |
| 11 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been a widower for ten years . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a subscriber for a couple of years now . |
| 14 | I 've been a member for er fifty eight year , the W I and I 'm a member in Kirkwall now . |
| 15 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 16 | I 've been a virgin for the past ten years . |
| 17 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 18 | I 've been a nun for thirty years |
| 19 | I 've been an activist for over twenty years in this organization . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been an engineer for a long time , and I 've always believed that ethics and integrity were every bit as important as theorems and formulas , and never once has anything happened to change my beliefs . |
| 21 | ‘ What I need is a vet for my cat , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 23 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |
| 25 | If a writer has produced a song he or she thinks is a must for Cliff Richard , a major publisher is most likely to get that song where it needs to be in order to interest Cliff . |
| 26 | It was not necessary for him to know that she 'd been a widow for years . |
| 27 | The nature of the work and the environment in which you operate is a matter for your choice , but few careers offer the variety of opportunity provided by the solicitors ' profession . |
| 28 | You 've been a widow for fourteen months now . |
| 29 | She told me she had been a ghost for nearly twenty years . |
| 30 | She had been a widow for 25 years and now lived in one room , earning a living as a charwoman . |