Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not been on for ages . |
| 2 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 3 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 4 | And I saw a dear little shed that someone had made into a craft shop , and the woman said no one had been in for ages , and was n't she pleased to see me … ’ |
| 5 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 6 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 7 | If you 're in for drugs , they pull your clothes off , tell you to turn round and do all sorts of things to you . |
| 8 | Keith Wells pointed out that the title Sheffield Shares is deliberately ambiguous — it can be taken to mean Sheffield 's shares , as in ‘ shares ’ which are up for grabs by keen or greedy speculators ( my interpretation ) , but it can also mean Sheffield shares as in ‘ shares its wealth ’ — ‘ and that 's basically what we are trying to initiate here . |
| 9 | Three places are up for grabs in each of the individual kayak , Canadian singles and women 's kayak singles classes . |
| 10 | FIVE hundred jobs are up for grabs — but applicants must be prepared to spend time off sick . |
| 11 | A feast of rock goodies are up for grabs — including albums by Nirvana and Guns N' Roses . |
| 12 | I think that people like us are up for grabs anyway . |
| 13 | They are born under the ancient Chinese curse , ‘ May you live in an interesting time ’ , a time in which values , lifestyles , relationships , employment are up for grabs , and in which traditional answers to the question ‘ How to live ? ’ are weak and conflicting . |
| 14 | Conversely , if all institutions are up for grabs all the time , individuals in power will be tempted to milk their positions for private purposes , and those outside power will hesitate to form projects which take time to bear fruit . |
| 15 | As part of a cost-cutting exercise in the year when their franchises are up for grabs , the ITV companies have singled out eight popular shows that may be available to commercial sponsors in the future . |
| 16 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 17 | ‘ Cup places are up for grabs and I 'll be watching carefully tomorrow to see if any player is saving himself for the semi-final , ’ said Malone . |
| 18 | Four prizes are up for grabs — a George Best Tampa Bay Rowdies shirt , an autographed Stevie Cowan Portadown jersey , a Derry City autographed ball , and a Derry City shirt . |
| 19 | Prizes of tickets for transatlantic flights , provided by Air Canada Vacations , are up for grabs for the top fundraisers . |
| 20 | Places are up for grabs for the Solheim cup challenge against the USA , the ladies equivalent of the Ryder Cup . |
| 21 | In all eighteen of west oxfordshire 's forty-nine seats are up for grabs tomorrow |
| 22 | But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother . |
| 23 | I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours . |
| 24 | He had been up for hours , out on the farm , before eating . |
| 25 | She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs . |
| 26 | Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes . |
| 28 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 29 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 30 | ‘ Och , that 's been up for days , ’ replied Tam scornfully . |