Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 2 | With the commitment the application and operating system developers are showing , DOS is going to be around for some time yet . |
| 3 | I would like to be here for that . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't have time to talk cos I had to be here for nine . |
| 5 | She gave me her apologies earlier for being unable to be here for this stage of the debate . |
| 6 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 7 | Then she added , ‘ Well , I 'm only going to be here for three weeks . ’ |
| 8 | Well before Cordoba made his debut over today 's course two months ago , his name was being whispered behind many a well-respected hand as the one to be on for next year 's 2000 Guineas . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 10 | Obvious examples are travelling or living abroad , the husband having to be away for long periods , having to relocate , changing children 's schools at an awkward stage in their career , having to do a lot of company entertaining . |
| 11 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 12 | Mr John Deighton , of High Pottergate , Richmond , expects to be away for three years . |
| 13 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 14 | These are learned and inherited forms of individual and social behaviour which , assuming no major upheaval in the environment takes place , tend to be best for reproductive success . |
| 15 | He 'll say , my mum says I have to be home for seven . |
| 16 | A 48″ × 15″ × 12″ aquarium was to be home for these fish . |
| 17 | Yet the volunteers had been beavering away down there for two months , working well into the night on many occasions , and were to be there for many more months to come . |
| 18 | But perhaps the greatest satisfaction is the knowledge that you have created something of the beauty that is going to be there for many years . |
| 19 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 20 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 21 | Anyway , I hope that Spare Rib always continues to be there for all women , and some of us do appreciate the entertaining , interesting and informative magazine Spare Rib is . |
| 22 | Right cos I know you 've got to get off you 've got to be there for six have you ? |
| 23 | I expect to be there for 2 years . |
| 24 | Erm and some people that we we send out sort of tend to be there for either half an hour and others sort of . |
| 25 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 26 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 27 | We were calling at Ness to embark the main party with their stores and hoped to be there for high water . |
| 28 | I doubt you 're going to be there for three days though . |
| 29 | I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island , and I did not want to be there for another year . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |