Example sentences of "for [pos pn] [noun] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't worked for my degree just to be handed a cosy role in the family firm ! |
| 2 | TRANSPLANT patient Lisa Strange , 12 , was fighting for her life yesterday after being given a new heart and lungs . |
| 3 | And Apple ( the name was inspired by a Magritte painting that McCartney had recently acquired ) was born out of that sense that the Beatles had to start taking responsibility for their world instead of being acted upon by a panoply of ‘ men in grey suits ’ . |
| 4 | SCHOOLBOY Carl Leadbetter was fighting for his life yesterday after being mown down by joyriders . |
| 5 | Still munching cheese , Paul made a dive for his coat only to be halted by his mother 's withering glare . |