Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am doomed for all eternity . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I kiss you , will I be prosecuted for sexual harassment when we get back to England ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'm constructed for physical labour . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I was kept for this job . ’ |
| 6 | The lesson is that you must always keep your defences strong so that you are prepared for any situation . |
| 7 | So that is why , being a good boy scouts , and girl guides that you are you are gon na put things in the car so that you 're , you are prepared for wet weather , or cold weather erm , such as an old blanket or something to sit on er , because we like you to sit upon a bank as far away from the traffic as possible |
| 8 | She was treated for 1 month with valproate 2 g daily ( 40 mg/kg ) , then nausea , vomiting , and abdominal pain occurred . |
| 9 | She was sent for psychiatric treatment in March after a court martial found her guilty of the manslaughter of riding instructress Marika Sparfeld at the military base in August last year . |
| 10 | She was prepared for mild stomach upsets , sunburn and the occasional blister . |
| 11 | When she was taken for further interrogation the following day , it was with mixed feelings of anticipation and dread . |
| 12 | Despite the tougher trading conditions I am pleased to report that Healthcare has yet again had a profitable year , and we are poised for further expansion of our business in the coming year . |
| 13 | Well we 're done for next week . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On the 13th we were warned for slow play . |
| 16 | The counsellors are not there to tell any young person what to do though if they are asked for practical advice they will give it . |
| 17 | Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose . |
| 18 | They are designed for single use , but because they are made of formed fabric , they give the appearance of linen . |
| 19 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They are used for rapid saving and restoring of the " process context " on entry to and exit from a subroutine , or in processor mode changes ( see 3.5 ) . |
| 22 | It is recognised that these are important aspects of the learning and teaching approaches for the modules and it is recommended that they are used for formative assessment . |
| 23 | They 're made for each other . |
| 24 | I reckon they 're made for each other . |
| 25 | ‘ It goes on to say that they 're designated for marine use . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | Are they being used for other work ? ’ he said . |
| 28 | We was in a two-bedroomed erm council flat but they were intended for old age pensioners like you know . |
| 29 | In April 1957 , when what remained of the work was being cleared up , some specimens which had been laid by to crystallize were found to have done so , and so they were sent for pharmacological investigation . |
| 30 | The cooperation of consumers enabled the disruption of production to be minimised ; and the industry 's expertise in avoiding the more serious problems developed with experience and with the higher priorities they were granted for scarce coal supplies after the disastrous crisis of February 1947 . |