Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony , of Chipping Sodbury , near Bristol , said : ‘ I seemed to be falling for ages . |
| 2 | I happened to be looking for somewhere to mount a small African sculpture I had bought and came upon De Biasi in Tottenham Mews just off Tottenham Court Toad . |
| 3 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 4 | She expected to be thanked for her loyalty . |
| 5 | I would n't have done , if I had n't felt you deserved to be thanked for looking after the dogs . |
| 6 | Each one must have held memories of her father , but she seemed to be looking for something special . |
| 7 | She declined to be interviewed for this article , saying that her role as a musician is more important than the fact she 's a woman . |
| 8 | Achilles tired and veered towards the stands , seeming to some spectators to carry Pretty Polly wide , but once past she appeared to be set for victory . |
| 9 | On 18 January 1984 she told a gathering of parliamentary lobby journalists that she wished to be remembered for breaking the consensus and tackling traditionally ‘ immune targets ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ I rushed out of the bathroom with just a towel to cover myself , ’ she said after being treated for shock and cuts . |
| 11 | She wanted to be loved for her kindness , and that would spoil her reputation … |
| 12 | If we have to make a comparison between the individual approaches , I think that channel two felt we had to be punished for our sins while Channel 4 took the more sanguine view that for so long as love and sex exist , television might as well look on , an electronic voyeuristic intermediary . |
| 13 | Several members of the prison staff said they expected to be victimised for helping to form the union . |
| 14 | They got to be stored for thirty two hours . |
| 15 | They seemed to be waiting for me to do something . |
| 16 | They adapted well to the conditions in the end but at half-time the found the Emerging Wallabies leading by 21–4 and they looked to be heading for a big win . |
| 17 | PETER SUCH ( Essex ) produced a career-best 7-82 for England A against the Australian Cricket Academy in Melbourne which sent the ACA reeling to 231 all out in their first innings , after they appeared to be heading for a huge lead when they reached 159 for one . |
| 18 | With the tension reaching boiling point , it was finally announced that the French officials had allowed the result to stand and they had to be applauded for a sporting decision . |
| 19 | In Britain there was a significant reduction in the number of employees eligible for employment protection , so that to be within the terms of the Employment Protection Act , they had to be working for two years instead of , as previously , six months . |
| 20 | They continued to be seen for what they continued to be : organisations concerned to get the highest wages and the best conditions they could for their members . |
| 21 | It was to be the holiday of a life-time and they hoped to be gone for two or three months . |
| 22 | The conclusion was that quote , Anna Jane was to be cared for primarily by her parents , I am not saying exhaustively , they wanted to be involved for as long as they were able to do . |
| 23 | I do n't think so when I went to let him in he 'd pulled himself up round the patio and looked as though he expected to be walloped for being silly he 's taken us this morning . |
| 24 | What he applied for was funding for research on ‘ The influence of geometry on social behaviour ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 26 | But the term ‘ canon ’ was being used for the standard of authentic teaching given by the baptismal confession of faith well before it came to be used for the list of accepted books . |
| 27 | In speaking to others , he seemed to be listening for , watching , her reactions . |
| 28 | He seemed to be searching for something more — to say , but then repeated , " Yes , very nice . |
| 29 | He seemed to be bound for such great things … |
| 30 | As always , he seemed to be apologizing for everything he said or did . |