Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am doomed for all eternity . ’ |
| 2 | If I find in myself a desire for which no experience in this world can satisfy , the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world . |
| 3 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 4 | The lesson is that you must always keep your defences strong so that you are prepared for any situation . |
| 5 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 6 | Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose . |
| 7 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |
| 8 | They 're made for each other . |
| 9 | I reckon they 're made for each other . |
| 10 | As Yvonne McManus , in her advice to aspiring writers explains : ‘ the thing that keeps your reader turning pages is to find out what happens to make them realise they 're meant for each other … you 've got to keep the reader wondering how it 'll all come to pass ’ . |
| 11 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
| 12 | It was like they were made for each other , she said , was n't it ? |
| 13 | Since these machines were for export , they were adapted for that market and so are unique . |
| 14 | The rights and wrongs of it were debated for some time and the feeling seemed to be that the TCCB had come out of it in a worse light than Gatting ; as the Melbourne newspaper The Age put it , ‘ Gatting , caught rumour , bowled hypocrisy , 0 ’ . |
| 15 | Erm , the , all the arguments for and against organic dips have been considered this last nine months by the Veterinary Products Committee , and they 've come out with a report I think , that satisfies no one , because it does n't go either , either way in that respect at all , it 's called for more research and , and erm , development in that , in that sense . |
| 16 | It 's insured for any driver . ’ |
| 17 | The result is both neat and hard-wearing — it is used for most knitwear commercially after all . |
| 18 | In reality , the term should only be applied to items made under royal commission , but in practice it is used for any rug from these weaving centres produced in the Pahlavi style ( pls 36 , 37 ) . |
| 19 | Within the underground complex many mysterious rites take place which it is forbidden for any male to witness . |
| 20 | Obviously , whilst scanning the letters this set has to be remembered and it is changed for each test . |
| 21 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 22 | One of the country 's leading experts on the secret services says the evidence confirms what he 's known for some time . |
| 23 | It implies for example , it was created for some kind of purpose . |
| 24 | And even if a structural , timber can be dated , there is always the possibility that it was stored for some time between being felled and being used , or even that it was re-used timber salvaged from an earlier building . |
| 25 | and he said it was planned for this lull beforehand . |
| 26 | He took the view that her consent alone could not be retracted since it was given for all time as part of the contract of marriage . |
| 27 | The market might be held several days a week , and if , like the great Cotswold wood marts at Cirencester , Tetbury and so forth , it was noted for some speciality , business might be attracted from well outside the five-mile radius considered reasonable for day-to-day requirements in the Middle Ages . |
| 28 | It does not matter , she had thought , numbly , for whatever it was and whatever it has been , it was forbidden for all time . |
| 29 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 30 | It was very nearly a great voice and sometimes , when Gesner was on form , when he was forced for some reason to try hard , it was a great voice . |