Example sentences of "it be [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It 's probably getting on for thirteen .
2 it 's not cutting out for the for the thingy
3 It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter .
4 Montserrat itself is a major religious centre , and in addition to the religious facilities it 's well set up for tourists and climbers with a cafe , bakery , bar and essential ice cream store .
5 It 's now coming up for its 12,000 mile service , and does n't feel as though it needs it at all .
6 Getting him to hospital is something I dread you would n't believe the struggle to get people to understand how bad it is — it 's usually building up for weeks but until he 's practically killed himself or someone else , no one wants to know .
7 And it 's still going on for another season .
8 The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives .
9 It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child .
10 Final configuration and pricing has yet to be finalised , the firm says , and it is still casting around for a name , although Series 200 has been mooted .
11 The item was keenly competed for by two telephone bidders but it was finally knocked down for £790 to a bidder in the saleroom .
12 However , it was not sent out for review until mid-September , Jones receiving it on the 20th .
13 For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) .
14 It was then getting on for three in the morning , but in the last quarter of an hour things had been getting better .
15 It was all set up for us on Tuesday night , yet we went out to their only effort on goal .
16 THE receiver handling the sale of Birmingham City has had 22 inquiries for the First Division club after it was formally put up for sale earlier this week .
  Next page