Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis |
| 2 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 3 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 4 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 5 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 6 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 7 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 8 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 9 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
| 10 | At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two . |
| 11 | Well I said to er one lady who 's been for first time and she thinks it 's marvellous ! |
| 12 | All that we ask is for sufficient land so that we may then help ourselves . |
| 13 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 14 | There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine . |
| 15 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 16 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 17 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 18 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
| 19 | Du n no , oh he 's , he 's what , he 's been for another job interview and the bloke |