Example sentences of "[pers pn] must be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 2 | He explained that first I must promise not to fight against Lilliput or hurt Lilliputians , and that I must be searched for weapons . |
| 3 | ‘ I must be spared for a reason , ’ said Liam and began to chance his luck on the Stock Exchange on Wall Street . |
| 4 | ‘ Even now you still believe your body to be so irresistible that I must be hungering for it ? ’ |
| 5 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |
| 6 | You must be prepared for rejection and disappointment . |
| 7 | Although some societies allow you to open a postal account at their branch , all further dealings have to be through the post so you must be prepared for the occasional delay in getting at your cash . |
| 8 | You must be prepared for all eventualities , however , and not find yourself being asked to take charge in an area where you have insufficient clinical knowledge and experience . |
| 9 | If the law says that you must be compensated for any damage suffered , your neighbour will either have to pay up or cut back the tree . |
| 10 | She points out that at the size S 1 the marginal benefit of the last inch is less than the marginal cost to you , which is also the amount you must be compensated for that last inch on the tree . |
| 11 | You must be dying for a drink . ’ |
| 12 | Mrs Fry shook it gingerly and said , ‘ You must be dying for something to eat , both of you . |
| 13 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 14 | We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it . |
| 15 | We must be prepared for an ironic result — that the reduction of US military spending will lead to an increase in Japan 's defence spending . |
| 16 | A revolution in information technology is taking place which will have effects on society , certainly as far-reaching as the impact of the industrial revolution , and we must be prepared for the changes . |
| 17 | Nor does leading a healthy life mean we must be vaccinated for every possible disease . |
| 18 | When I arrived at the airport to check in , I was surprised by the amount of security , I decided they must be looking for drug traffickers . |
| 19 | If they are and this kind of tragedy occurs then they must be punished for such behaviour . ’ |
| 20 | If the other parent is still living , they must be cared for too . |
| 21 | They must be held for five to ten years , ’ she says . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , whatever the basis for the major enumerative schemes , they must be judged for their suitability for application in current libraries and information centres . |
| 23 | The number of days in a month will obviously depend on the month in question ; thus if a contract requires goods to be paid for within one month of delivery , and goods are delivered on 19 February , they must be paid for by 19 March ( see Dodds v Walker [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1061 ) . |
| 24 | Thus if goods are to be paid for within two months of delivery and are delivered on 5 October , they must be paid for by close of business — or midnight ? — on 5 December , the day of delivery being excluded from the two-month period ( Webb v Fairmainer ( 1838 ) 3 M & W 473 ) . |
| 25 | But they farm as a living , so they must be paid for looking after wildlife habitats . |
| 26 | ‘ Data , like facts , do not speak for themselves : they must be spoken for ’ ( Satarov 1993 : 73 ) . |
| 27 | An arbitrary temperature T o is first chosen to serve as a reference which in the present case is 298 K. As values of the relaxation modulus have been measured at widely differing temperatures , they must be corrected for changes in the sample density with temperature to give a reduced modulus , where ρ and ρ o are the polymer densities at T and T o respectively . |
| 28 | They will always be eligible bank bills and not true trade bills and their nomenclature in this context can only be described as a kind of shorthand and corresponds to the requirement that they must be drawn for transaction not capital purposes . |
| 29 | They must , they must be going for rock bottom prices at the moment there ! |
| 30 | If he wins a subsequent bout also by disqualification , then he must be withdrawn for his own safety , since it is obvious that , in this tournament at least , he is not protecting himself adequately . |