Example sentences of "be [verb] for [det] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans have been pressing for much more money . |
| 2 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 3 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
| 4 | He had found the one he had been searching for all those years — the one wavering on the brink of eternal damnation . |
| 5 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 6 | This is an important point , since in many libraries selection is part of an integrated approach which also includes acquisition and cataloguing , and the national bibliography 's machine-readable records are used for all these functions ( although the actual selection process is usually based upon the print version ) . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been asking for this all night ! ’ |
| 8 | Further still , despite their gaps , Eadmer 's History and Anselm 's letters together allow a remarkably complete account of royal and papal negotiations and political vicissitudes to be given for these few years . |
| 9 | finally , local councils were to be formed for each former borough , urban district or parish council area in the new unitary authorities , and where wanted in the metropolitan areas . |
| 10 | These days PCs are to be had for half that price , which has dragged down in turn the prices obtainable for software . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to be measured for some more boots , ’ Edward said , ‘ but you look a little shaken so I 'm sure it can wait until another day . ’ |
| 12 | In order to translate an overall vision into practice , some general principles must be followed for both these groups : |
| 13 | When the British papers printed that Scotland Yard believed the silver to have been dug up at the Barbariga army base and smuggled by a Yugoslav diplomat , the Federal commission said , ‘ The press is to be criticised for all such insinuations ’ and ‘ the control of the diplomatic bag is so rigorous in Jugoslavia that it is absolutely impossible for the treasure or anything else to be smuggled out that way ’ . |
| 14 | Instead of suffering on behalf of that poor betrayed girl , she should be fighting for all such children . |
| 15 | And while the IRA leader said how the weaponry received from Libya in 1986 had been ‘ beyond our wildest dreams ’ , it is very doubtful whether the political conditions for the military campaign can be maintained for many more years . |
| 16 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 17 | A much fresher horse who has been trained for this all season is Brown Windsor , fourth two years ago . |
| 18 | Richard , of course , had been preparing for some such move . |
| 19 | The Musical Medley held on Friday , 27th April was acclaimed a great success and requests were made for another such event to be featured in a future syllabus . |
| 20 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 21 | so he 's going for some more tests next week . |
| 22 | you know , the V A T man wants his money , I mean the V A T man 's been paid for all these invoices |
| 23 | No individual can sell or receive commission on investment business , unless he has been working for that same Company for at least five continuous years . |
| 24 | Scientific interests have been chosen for these few pages of examples because of the tendency in some quarters to assume that resource-based learning is a Humanities or Social Studies prerogative . |
| 25 | And that was hid for many many years it had generations . |
| 26 | In reality , Yusuf was not even present and El Cid was to live for several more years . |
| 27 | Chamberlain was deputed to handle all negotiations in his absence , and in particular to attend a meeting of the leaders of the three parties which was fixed for that same Tuesday . |