Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 2 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
| 3 | She will stay with the man at whose side she has been for years , Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 4 | She then moved to Bristol City Council where she has been for some months . |
| 5 | In July 1944 Attlee presented a paper on ‘ Foreign Policy and the Flying Bomb ’ , which pointed out that it would henceforth be impossible for Britain to rely upon the English Channel as a defence against her enemies : From our point of view , Norway , Denmark , Holland and France are necessary outposts of Britain and , in as much as Britain is now as she has been for a hundred years a shield for the U.S. , outposts of America as well . |
| 6 | She has been for weeks . ’ |
| 7 | She 's been the middle school , she 's been for a visit to the middle school |
| 8 | She 's been for the week |
| 9 | ‘ All it needs is for a journalist to go down to Abbotsfield . ’ |
| 10 | And Carol and Ann are white and all it needs is for one of them to lead the other , censoring friendship , arousing hostility . |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers verses Swindon Town.Now all it needs is for the Swindon players to hold their nerve and hold on to their two goal advantage . |
| 12 | Will the Italian Abbado remain musical director of the Vienna State Opera where he has been for the past three years ? |
| 13 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 14 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 15 | It 's also a relaxed , romantic ad for Bill S , more alive here than he has been for decades . |
| 16 | He has been for the last six years . ’ |
| 17 | Since you came here he has laughed more and been amused more than he has been for the past two years . |
| 18 | I do not know where he has been for the past few years , but we have reduced the rates on lower earnings so that people now pay on average about £3 a week less in national insurance . |
| 19 | The speed it has is for motorway shunting . |
| 20 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 21 | Broadly , we may say that industry will have to be far less rigid ; indeed much more flexible in adapting itself to change than it has been for the past twenty years . |
| 22 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 23 | We know how tough it has been for many but we are poised to move forward again , lacking only the spark of confidence with which a Conservative victory would ignite recovery . |
| 24 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 25 | He said , ‘ How wonderful it has been for us both to seek new understanding of each other as we have prayed together and sought healing from each other 's wounds . ’ |
| 26 | When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit . |
| 27 | This needs materials scientists , whose contribution is likely to be as decisive for biosensor research as it has been for mainstream biomaterials research . |
| 28 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , it has been for the last hour . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |