Example sentences of "'re [adj] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pop means never having to say you 're sorry for liking such an obviously dispensable bangle as ‘ I Wan na Stay Home ’ . |
| 2 | They 're ideal for saving in the short term and of course your money is accessible . |
| 3 | It may seem an unlikely way to make a living … but Heather Gorringe is a worm farmer.She sells 20,000 worms a week from her farm in Herefordshire … and it seems people ca n't get enough of these wriggly creatures.They 're ideal for breaking down compost … and can even convert rubbish dumps into healthy agricultural land : |
| 4 | A strip of electrician 's tape stuck round both sides of the base to make them waterproof and they 're ideal for bringing on any bulbs destined for the windowsill . |
| 5 | So the bottom stair is a in most houses they 're ideal for doing that . |
| 6 | And because the necks are flat and wide — 42mm at the nut and 21mm behind the 12th fret — they 're ideal for playing anything , including the usual Harrison , Hicks , McGuinn , Townshend , Buck styles , or whoever else you might want to conjour — possibly even yourself . |
| 7 | Can pick some pipe cleaners up , they 're good for making little |
| 8 | ‘ They 're invaluable for keeping an eye on competitors ’ activities and can save thousands of pounds in research and development . |
| 9 | They 're useful for bribing diplomats and other types who 'd be embarrassed by a sudden influx of cash . |
| 10 | ‘ You have n't forgotten you 're responsible for getting the tree , have you ? ’ |
| 11 | I mean there are over a thousand people , sometimes two thousand people there , and in this erm complex organisation I think headmasters are very important people ; they 're responsible for developing a style of organisation which is , I think , very significant . |
| 12 | I think by and large that will have no effect on us at all , since most of the independent films that we 're responsible for tend to go out under club showings and do not therefore need to have certificates . |
| 13 | That 's right you see I will not I will not tell you you 're daft for buying them . |
| 14 | They say we 're daft for showing our affection . |
| 15 | Nor are Continental cosh-style umbrellas much use ; they do n't last long ; they do n't protect as large a surface area of head and suit ; and they 're useless for hailing cabs . |
| 16 | What we do do for our residents is employ a welfare benefit service so that they can maximise the er the housing benefit section that that they 're eligible for to make the po properties as affordable as as they can be . |
| 17 | er because pressure cookers do , I mean they 're marvellous for going , getting the stew going in about er ten minutes flat |
| 18 | Orange Bet you 're ready for shutting are n't you ? |
| 19 | Thought you said about you 're ready for shutting . |
| 20 | our fish from Cleethorpes now and , we 're ready for going again to get some more . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're mad for riding in machines with whirring bits of metal pushing them along , yet you 're worried about sitting on a perfectly natural bird . ’ |