Example sentences of "they be [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This means they take no risk when they stock it , as they are reimbursed for any copies left unsold at the end of the week .
2 But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target .
3 Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose .
4 Under 4* and 5* Maxplan policies , they are covered for all perils .
5 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 .
6 Tonight the police said they are checking for any similarities with previous attacks .
7 They 're calling for more resources from the District Health Authority …
8 They 're made for each other .
9 I reckon they 're made for each other .
10 They 're hoping for more bookings .
11 Milton Keynes police have set up an incident room and they 're appealing for any witnesses .
12 Milton Keynes police have set up an incident room and they 're appealing for any witnesses .
13 Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years .
14 And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable .
15 Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation .
16 So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital .
17 They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’
18 Excuse me , can I finish , er many of them are chained to the parent 's legs while they 're collected for these people then to bring to a circus , traumatized and chained to the ground for life .
19 Erm now , so he said erm that 's what they 're aiming for this thing that they want them to do on May the eighteenth plus a sponsorship walk on the sixth of June
20 Now they 've come out the front door and the bus is running er coming down the road so they 're running for that bus , so they 're using up their energy , the insulin level 's there , but the energy level is going down .
21 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 ’ .
22 16,000ft up in the Bolivian Andes the miners of the Cerro Rico chew coca leaves , they 're preparing for another day in the tin mines .
23 because people are dissatisfied with the treatment and they 're paying for that treatment and they 're dissatisfied , so you always get complaints whether you pay or not
24 Meanwhile they 're waiting for another summons to pop through their door .
25 Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door .
26 If they were looking for more cancer then surely the place to look was at the next vulnerable point ?
27 I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight .
28 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 .
29 It was like they were made for each other , she said , was n't it ?
30 Since these machines were for export , they were adapted for that market and so are unique .
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