Example sentences of "they be [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | MANCHESTER UNITED served notice on their rivals that they are on course for the Championship with a magnificent 5-0 slaughter of Coventry at Old Trafford yesterday . |
| 2 | But whatever their fate they are on course for the most successful season in their history . |
| 3 | Despite criticisms that they 're only there as star imports for the match , the ‘ foreigners ’ insist they are at Oxford for genuine academic reasons ; the rugby is a bonus . |
| 4 | The large share of " other " personal service and " other " operatives working on a temporary basis is explained by the fact that they are in jobs for which little training is necessary . |
| 5 | They are in prison for … ’ |
| 6 | Most patients can cope with unacknowledged grief and anxiety because they are in hospital for a short time . |
| 7 | Or they 're on sale for a hundred pounds each . |
| 8 | They 're in camp for a holiday |
| 9 | They 're in Oxford for a preview of Scrooge the musical … what 's been billed at the hottest show outside of London . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're in Italy for ten days . |
| 11 | They 're in Blackpool for the Labour Party Conference , determined to put their case onto the agenda . |
| 12 | They 're in prison for thirty years ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ They 're in prison for thirty years , are n't they ? ’ |
| 14 | As long as they 're in Pesth for the start of the journey south , they can do very much as they like , although none of them will be welcome at court . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway erm the chap the first speaker was from Silent Night Bedding and they 're in dispute for a long time . |
| 16 | They were on strike for the Charter which , in its six points , would give them the power to redress their own wrongs . |
| 17 | They were on strike for the right to vote , to elect men like themselves to positions of authority as the gentry and the millmasters now did — who would make laws not only to suit the needs of squires and of the middle-classes — but of the common man . |
| 18 | They were on strike for the Charter and only for the Charter , a multitude of them , coming like the tributaries of a great river , from everywhere . |
| 19 | And they were at sea for three ! |
| 20 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 21 | In 1941 , during the filming of Manpower , tension grew between Raft and co-star Edward G Robinson — they were in competition for the affections of Marlene Dietrich , besides which , Raft resented Robinson 's persistent advice on how to play his part . |
| 22 | Third , it gave as justification for some of its outrages that they were in retaliation for attacks on the army . |
| 23 | ‘ We have seen a steady rise with figures just over three times what they were in September for adults seeking advice , ’ Mr. Barnes added . |
| 24 | Des was telling me about when they were in training for the Commandos . |
| 25 | once they were on their way the runners … 370 of them were under orders for their start … |