Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're in Italy for ten days . |
| 3 | If you 're in London for Valentine 's and you want to make sure your hair is looking good and feeling fab for that hot date then go along to the Schumi salon in Belgravia . |
| 4 | They 're in Oxford for a preview of Scrooge the musical … what 's been billed at the hottest show outside of London . |
| 5 | If we 're in Vietnam for another ten years and your son is killed by those babies , you 'll cry at me , ‘ Why did n't you kill those babies that day ? ' ’ |
| 6 | They 're in Blackpool for the Labour Party Conference , determined to put their case onto the agenda . |
| 7 | We 're in Egypt for a whole week , you know . " |
| 8 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 9 | It was refused , and by mid-January Grobbelaar , who has been with Liverpool for nine years , was again Dalglish 's first choice . |
| 10 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't believe it , ’ he said from Washington , where he has been with England for the US Cup games . |
| 12 | George Phillips ( 56 ) is non-family but has been with Palatine for 16 years . |
| 13 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 14 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 15 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 16 | Herrmann , a Wharton MBA who has been with Solbourne for the better part of a year , has a components background , having previously run Amphenol in Hong Kong . |
| 17 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 18 | Michael has been with BMK for 5 years and was previously assistant to Production Control . |
| 19 | He has been with BMK for 12 years and has previously worked in sales and production . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been with Aurora for several years as her Girl Friday , and now you work at the club as her assistant . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Katz has been with Dillons for nearly three years — at Hatfield and Kingston — before which he was export divisional manager of Aaronson Bros furniture business . |
| 22 | All the drawings were published in a magisterial catalogue by Peter Fuhring in 1987 and have been with Hazlitt for the last eighteen months . |
| 23 | Wooton , who has been with HCK for over six years , remains in place while terms of a settlement are agreed . |
| 24 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 25 | Overhereoverthere , well ridden by Robbie Supple , has been with Upson for six years , but his only previous successes were between the flags in Ireland . |
| 26 | Besides , Jessie had been with Marion for years , following her from production to production , doing sewing and little chores in between times when Marion was ‘ resting ’ . |
| 27 | Jones , John Forman , James Hemphill and Haley Bulk Powder — names which will be familiar to anyone who has been with P&O for more than three years . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been with Julius for ten years now , and you 're still just his secretary . ’ |
| 29 | You 've been with Julius for ten years now , and if a man has n't wanted something in ten years , then he 's never going to want it . |
| 30 | Manager Douglas Scott has considerable experience in catering having been with CCG for almost 10 years . |