Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] is [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could use them to illustrate your history if ever it is accepted for publication . ’ |
| 2 | Now he is appealing for sponsorship to help him meet his expenses . |
| 3 | The whisper is that Faldo has not been saying too much about how well he is playing for fear of tempting fate . |
| 4 | The whisper is that Faldo has not been saying too much about how well he is playing for fear of tempting fate . |
| 5 | Here he is jumping for joy . |
| 6 | Therefore he is asking for trouble , and he receives it suddenly and in full measure , above the groundswell of heckling , at the hands of a divinity student who reminds him at the top of his voice about Fedka , a dangerous escaped convict now roaming ‘ our town ’ and originally a serf of Stepan 's whom he sold into military service to pay a gambling debt : |