Example sentences of "be [prep] [be] [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Indeed those dependent upon casual labour had to live close to docks and factories if they were to be on hand for work as it became available .
2 She says she 's to be in Leningrad for a day or two — she 's on location at Lake Baikal — to meet Mrs Reagan on her flying visit to the Hermitage .
3 She was to be in bed for three days at the doctor 's insistence and she never even saw Alain .
4 Giles Hawick would have got £100,000 outright , her sister and various charities got small legacies , and the rest was to be in trust for children . ’
5 The first Bishop of Middlesbrough , Richard Lacey was to be in office for 50 years .
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