Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | Oh you 're not going to be here for this joke so I , I said oh got ta let him down . |
| 3 | But perhaps the greatest satisfaction is the knowledge that you have created something of the beauty that is going to be there for many years . |
| 4 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 5 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 6 | I would like to be here for that . ’ |
| 7 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 8 | I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island , and I did not want to be there for another year . |
| 9 | Erm and some people that we we send out sort of tend to be there for either half an hour and others sort of . |
| 10 | Anyway , I hope that Spare Rib always continues to be there for all women , and some of us do appreciate the entertaining , interesting and informative magazine Spare Rib is . |