Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Mum goes what have you been phoning Billy for ? |
| 2 | Maura had been seeing Terry for nearly five months , and miraculously had managed to keep him a secret . |
| 3 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 4 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 5 | I could n't agree more with those who 've been praising Newsome for his performances over the Christmas games . |
| 6 | He had been photographing O'Keeffe for over five years , and among the 45 prints of her he displayed were extraordinarily candid images of her body , as well as images in which she gestured provocatively , her arms and hands echoing the arrangement of forms in her abstractions , which served as backgrounds . |
| 7 | Clive Calver notes four things in its favour : ‘ One — it sets goals and avoids the waffle of ‘ we are seeking God for spiritual growth ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ As greige weavers , we 're using Tencel for strength and other properties . |
| 9 | The couple have legal aid and are suing Lloyds for half a million pounds . |
| 10 | No one had been called Emily for a hundred years . |
| 11 | ISLINGTON 'S SAN Diego transplants The God Machine are quitting Britain for a while . |
| 12 | Tommy cook had been plaguing Pinner for months . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been doing Bona-Fido for about two years but still get some guests who do n't realise they could have brought their dogs along , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Recently carriers such as MCI Communications Corp have announced that they are to adopt SNMP for management and agents . |
| 15 | More than half the 100 exhibitors have indicated that they will be using Rooftec for the launch of new or updated products , and these will be short-listed for the Federation 's coveted ‘ Ken Soulsby Innovation Award . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm meeting Daphne for lunch in D. H. Evans . ’ |
| 17 | However , it is n't all bad news for Lotus which should be releasing Improv for Windows any day now . |
| 18 | ‘ We will be billing Wimbledon for damage caused , although we do n't know at this stage how much it will all cost . |
| 19 | But he added : ‘ I wo n't be asking Santa for one . ’ |
| 20 | Ah , I 'm having Jane for a piano lesson , are n't I ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been thinking , it 's a long time since the two of us went out together , so I 'm taking Ruth for a bite to eat . |
| 22 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |
| 23 | Twenty patients who had been taking NSAIDs for more than six months underwent a screening phase and all 13 with NSAID enteropathy were recruited to the study . |
| 24 | I thought , well , they were trumpeting Ade for the gold medal . |
| 25 | The two legs of the intracommodity spread were to sell September for £60 500 , and buy March for £61650 . |
| 26 | Its ten pavilions were to serve Paris for over a century and to take their place in the city 's folklore . |
| 27 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 28 | I 'm not quite sure whether you were commending Martin for being able to have two children in the same year |
| 29 | Oh were getting John for lunch on Sunday . |
| 30 | British footie fans were combing Europe for new styles a decade ago , says Peter Hooton ( above ) , who documented the rise of the humble sports shoe via his fanzine , The End |