Example sentences of "be [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew intuitively Babylon had been only for one night . |
| 2 | Until recently , CHP systems — combined heat and power , also called co-generation — have been only for large hotels and have meant high capital outlays . |
| 3 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 4 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
| 5 | The couple are together for 90 minutes on a visit to a Nottingham hospital . |
| 6 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 7 | Where payments are only for investigatory fees incurred by General Accident |
| 8 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 9 | ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’ |
| 10 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 11 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 12 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 13 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
| 14 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history . |
| 16 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 17 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 18 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 19 | Despite their 20-year age gap , the couple have now been together for eight years and run a pub in Amersham , Bucks . |
| 20 | The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year ! |
| 21 | Having been together for ten years , disbanding twice and then leaving prolific label 4AD , ME went to America to chance it lucky . |
| 22 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 23 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 24 | My client and his girlfriend have been together for some six year , they have three children aged six , five and four . |
| 25 | This team have only been together for less than a year and it is getting better all the time . |
| 26 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
| 27 | We have n't been together for three months . |
| 28 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |
| 29 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 30 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |