Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Therefore no more is needed for an event to be an effect , at least in so far as relations of conditionality are concerned , than that the event was such that another one was required for it .
2 Can you possibly remember how much you were paid for your apprenticeship with Amos ?
3 They do n't work out how much they 're paying for their money
4 Two years ago , such farms were told to be self-sustaining , self- financing , many state subsidies were withdrawn , yet here today they 're still working to a central plan which dictates how much they produce and how much they 're paid for it , so decades of mismanagement are compounded by a lack of funds .
5 After being arrested by the Securitate , Lupescu is dragged in chains before Ceauşescu , who demands to know how much he is paid for his jokes .
6 Dan realised with growing dismay that at forty-six he was qualified for nothing .
7 That one was taken for us at Kristof Laszlo 's studio — you 'd have to ask him about it . ’
8 And all , all I 'm looking for there are the reasons for those figures being so much different from bridge and P Way .
9 I 'm sure she 's waiting for you to look in and say goodnight . ’
10 He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year .
11 ‘ You 've upset your father ; how could you do such a thing after all he 's done for you ? ’
12 A dam burst again : All he 's done for you .
13 In fact , whatever else it may be , Lighthouses is a cornucopia of virtuoso orchestral effects , a continuously shifting , shimmering kaleidoscope of sonority by a composer who seems to know just about every effect in the book , plus many he 's discovered for himself , and who knows just how to use them .
14 ‘ I thought the longer it went on , the better it was looking for me . ’
15 In 1950 he was knighted for his services to Greek ( he had been appointed MBE in 1919 ) .
16 Many elderly people do this each year if it is not suitable for them to go away with their family , and they understand the need those who are caring for them have for a complete break .
17 We had the potent , theoretical motivator of vast unemployment in the area , and those who were working for us were considered to be the fortunate .
18 She knew that a classic symptom of paranoia was the suspicion that those who were caring for you were trying to harm you .
19 1 You are preparing for us the scripts for the following items :
20 In the Pre-Campaign Wave and the two Campaign Waves we asked electors to give each party a mark out of ten for how inclined they were to vote for it .
21 Thirty I 'm bid for it .
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