Example sentences of "to be [adv] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 2 | My dear , we have things to talk about and I do n't expect to be here for very much longer — would you prefer us to trail off to my hotel or some public place , or to your frankly not very inviting villa ? |
| 3 | But as far as I 'm concerned , they 're welcome to be here for as long as they need . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It would n't have killed him to be here for once . ’ |
| 5 | I do not like to be away for so long . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't like leaving her on her own too long ( I usually have to be away for about eight hours ) . |
| 7 | He expected to be there for only three or four days , but he was kept in for a fortnight . |
| 8 | President Gorbachev then left , as the boos and hisses reached the Podium , but in fact it is n't absolutely clear that he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration , or if he was only going to stay for part of the demonstration or if he really was only going to be there for about 20 minutes . |
| 9 | Well he 's not going to be there for ever . |
| 10 | There 's work that needs to be done , in most of the major sports grounds , but that 's proceeding and there 's , if you can imagine that there 's , in Shrewsbury for example , a lot of the work which we would want to be done on the grounds have been less than enthusiastic about doing , because they 're likely not to be there for very long . |
| 11 | I mean they , people er , the hairdresser 's for instance , they seemed to be there for evermore at the far end , towards I mean er , er , and then there was half way along on the other side and |