Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You think she should be pregnant for nine months and go through all the agonies of giving birth , and then give it away ? ’ |
| 2 | So I suppose we should be thankful for 3 points . |
| 3 | This could be useful for two reasons : |
| 4 | Since it may not be possible for both sets of belief to be realised in action , if the courses of action are incompatible , it may be rational for one person to give up his/her autonomy . |
| 5 | The police believe he may be responsible for three robberies which took place in the Thames Valley region in one afternoon . |
| 6 | A horse is the same in that he may be fit for one type of work but not another . |
| 7 | Had the two junctions not been converted to single track it would be impossible for two trains to collide on them , BR 's then director of operations , Ivor Warburton , agreed . |
| 8 | Few medical procedures carry no risk of any kind , and it seems to me that it would be impossible for one body to assume responsibility for measuring risks and assessing treatments throughout the whole of medical practice . |
| 9 | One of Elliott 's predecessors , Andy Warhol , said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes . |
| 10 | If a woman be delivered and bear a man-child , then she shall be unclean for seven days ; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean . |
| 11 | ‘ Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes , ’ he mused . |
| 12 | Called Administration Partnership , it will be responsible for 184,000 unitholders with total funds under management of £3 billion . |
| 13 | ABB and Brush will design and build 40 electric locomotives , the remaining three Euroshuttle companies will manufacture 252 ‘ tourist ’ wagons to carry passengers , cars and non-commercial vehicles ; and the Italian companies will be responsible for 252 freight wagons . |
| 14 | Sometimes water can be unavailable for two weeks — then life is not so easy . ’ |
| 15 | The rich and famous — and Kylie by now was both — will always be magnets for those disturbed characters like John Lennon 's slayer , Mark Chapman ; psychotics , infatuated with the darker side of Andy Warhol 's chilling message — everyone can be famous for 15 minutes . |