Example sentences of "be [indef pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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1 | has n't been one published for a long while . |
2 | The committee reported in February 1943 in very alarming language that there would be nothing left for the British postwar aircraft industry unless something were done at once . |
3 | One problem which such an approach may pose is that there may be nothing left for special treatment . |
4 | As the British Airways Boeing 757 twin-engined jet touched down on Runway 27 Left at Heathrow at 8.33 a.m. , Adam concluded that there would probably be someone watching for him at the shuttle terminal . |
5 | Erm told me that they had a lot of or a lot a number of people ringing purporting to be someone asking for information , and they like to keep a log of these bogus phone calls , I then rang the patients mother and and told her what had happened as quickly as I could . |
6 | ‘ Could it be somebody working for Connelly with an axe to grind ? ’ asked Martin Bates , running his finger around the rim of his glass . |
7 | And do n't use any more hot water , or there 'll be none left for me , ’ Beth told her sharply . |
8 | It is in this sense that there will always be something to play for . |
9 | ‘ There does n't seem to be anything to live for , ’ she said . |
10 | because there 's nothing to go for . |
11 | You presumptuous monkey , she told him , there 's nothing to wait for , I 'm not going to marry you . |
12 | Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband . |
13 | ‘ There 's nothing left for you here . |
14 | There 's nothing left for you here , nothing but misery . |
15 | ‘ There 's nothing left for Hareton to inherit ! |
16 | There 's , there 's nothing left for anything other than to eat ! |
17 | And often there 's nothing to show for it at the end . |
18 | They lie there in cots , sometimes tied down , not crying because there 's nothing to cry for . |
19 | ‘ Is everyone accounted for ? ’ asked Miss Cackle . |
20 | There is nothing to live for . |
21 | Turnover growth is nothing to pursue for itself . |
22 | For coach Giorgio Leoni 's men , there is nothing to play for but pride . |
23 | Sometimes it gets to me , I give so much time and energy to everyone else , that there is nothing left for me . |
24 | There is nothing left for it but to lie its head off until Polling Day is past … |
25 | When the decisions of all market participants dovetail completely , so that each plan correctly assumes the corresponding plans of the other participants and no possibility exists for any altered plans that would be simultaneously preferred by the relevant participants , there is nothing left for the entrepreneur to do . |
26 | After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running . |
27 | There 's someone looking for him . ’ |
28 | Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home . |
29 | ‘ He wo n't last because there 's nobody waiting for him and you know what conditions are like in there . |
30 | There is plenty to fish for with the winner guaranteed £1,000 from co-sponsors , Octoplus . |