Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 2 | A lower setting gives slight orbital movement for harder materials , while the third setting allows the orbital action to be switched off for a straight reciprocating movement for filing or rasping , or fine cutting in hard materials . |
| 3 | It is very tough to be left out for a rookie like Steve Ojomoh . ’ |
| 4 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |
| 5 | She was obviously impatient to be taken out for a spin even though there was hardly puff enough to stir her anemometer . |
| 6 | And you never say you 'd like to be taken out for a change , or ring him up when you want a bit of company ? ’ |
| 7 | During this time conditions were to be worked out for a monitoring scheme and new quota system , which was expected to allow renewed exploitation of certain stocks , notably of minke whales . |
| 8 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 9 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 10 | Ugly as Corryhully Lodge is , you would n't say no to being asked in for a cold beer as you passed , as long as no one you knew saw you go in . |